The typical household income of student
debtor households within these broad educational categories is virtually identical to households without student debt.
Younger households tend to be more highly leveraged than older households, and student
debtor households tend to be more leveraged than households that do not owe student debt.5 Among the young and college - educated, student
debtor households are nearly twice as leveraged as their counterparts lacking student debt — 67 % vs. 34 %.
And the wealth gap is also large for households headed by young adults without a bachelor's degree: Those with no student debt have accumulated roughly nine times as much wealth as
debtor households ($ 10,900 vs. $ 1,200).
Section 1 presents the basic economic outcomes of student
debtor households and looks at total indebtedness in the context of household income and assets.
But young student
debtor households have much less wealth than their peers not owing such debt.
Though student
debtor households tend to have larger total debt loads, indebtedness needs to be assessed in the context of the household's economic resources.
Though student
debtor households tend to have larger total debt loads, indebtedness needs to be assessed in the context of the household's economic resources.
Not exact matches
Using the conventional total debt - to - income ratio, where debt is measured as a share of income, college - educated student
debtors are by far the most indebted.2 The median college - educated student
debtor has total debt equal to about two years» worth of
household income (205 %).
This is true despite the fact that
debtors and non-
debtors have nearly identical
household incomes in each group.
(Slave girls that had been pledged for debt also were returned to the
debtors»
households.)
With a
household income below that of the average
debtor, the single parent is trying to support two dependents plus herself.
Although women spend 6 % less on housing than men, female
debtors are spending 42.2 % of their
household income on housing costs.
In terms of women filing insolvency, 2017 data shows that 48 % live in a single
household and are struggling to get buy on an income significantly below the Canadian average and below that of single
household male
debtors.
Debtors can exempt $ 6,000 of value in
household furnishings and goods or $ 12,000 if a married couple filed a joint case.
Generally speaking, a larger
household size will help a
debtor pass the means test in both Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 cases.
Post Bankruptcy
Debtor Education is $ 39 per
household.
At the time
Debtors commenced this case, their annualized monthly income was less than the applicable median family income for their
household size.
Chapter 13 and high income: Some
debtors have too high an income, compared to their necessary
household expenses, to qualify for a chapter 7.
MEANS TEST EXPENSES: If a
debtor's
household income is above the New York State median, the Means Test then requires completion of a complicated expense calculation.
If a
debtor has sufficient income to pay necessary
household expenses, and still have money left over, Section 707 (b) of the Bankruptcy Code could be used to have the case dismissed as «abusive.»
A filing
debtor recently blogging on a bankruptcy forum website asked the following question: «Form 22A Part II line 8 asks for «Any amounts paid by another person or entity, on a regular basis, for the
household expenses of the
debtor or the
debtor's dependents.»
For purposes of the means test, the U.S. Bankruptcy Code defines current monthly income as including: «any amount paid by any entity other than the
debtor (or in a joint case the
debtor and the
debtor's spouse), on a regular basis for the
household expenses of the
debtor or the
debtor's dependents (and in a joint case the
debtor's spouse if not otherwise a dependent)...» Benefits received under the Social Security Act, payments to victims of war crimes or crimes against humanity on account of their status as victims of such crimes, and payments to victims of international terrorism or domestic terrorism on account of their status as victims of such terrorism are excluded from the means test.
Single parents have
household income below that of the average
debtor, and that makes it more difficult for the single parent to support two dependents plus herself.
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Debtor has just $ 302 in monthly
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Insolvent
debtors with a
household income above the government mandated thresholds limits are more likely to choose a consumer proposal as an alternative to bankruptcy in order to spread potential surplus income payments over a period of up to five years.
The difference between Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy relief is significant if you are a
debtor desperately trying to start over and obtain the «fresh start» that bankruptcy relief was intended to provide to those struggling to pay their
household expenses.
Among young
households headed by a college graduate, those with student debt are more likely than non-student
debtors to have outstanding vehicle debt (43 % vs. 27 %), significantly more likely to have credit card debt (60 % vs. 39 %), and just as likely to have housing - related debt (56 %).
Among
households without at least a bachelor's degree, student
debtors are about 1.5 years younger on average (29.0 vs. 30.7).
Among the college educated, the mean age of the student
debtors is about a year younger than
households not owing student debt (30.8 vs. 31.9).
Among young and less - educated
households, those lacking student debt are more likely to be devoting large amounts of their monthly income to debt service (14 %) than student
debtors (9 %).
Using the conventional total debt - to - income ratio, where debt is measured as a share of income, college - educated student
debtors are by far the most indebted.2 The median college - educated student
debtor has total debt equal to about two years» worth of
household income (205 %).
Student
debtors include
households whose student loans are currently deferred, however.
Among young
households whose heads lack at least a bachelor's degree, student
debtors are more likely than those without student debt to owe on vehicle loans, credit card debt and other types of debt and are just as likely to have a mortgage and other installment debt.
A «student
debtor» refers to a
household owing outstanding education - related installment debt and includes loans that are currently in deferment as well as loans in their scheduled repayment period.
This is true despite the fact that
debtors and non-
debtors have nearly identical
household incomes in each group.
In sum, student
debtors have very similar incomes but much lower net worth than
households not owing student debt.
But among
households headed by a young adult without a bachelor's degree, student
debtors tend to have more total assets ($ 27,500) than those without student debt ($ 18,600).
Among young, college - educated
households, about 15 % of student
debtors exceed the 40 % threshold.