HOW DO YOU MEASURE UP TO OTHER HOUSEHOLDS?
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(MONEY Magazine) – Use the worksheet and table on this page to determine how well-off you are compared with your fellow Americans. First, add up your net assets in the spaces provided at left, then check your figures against those posted by the typical U.S. household as well as those for families with incomes in the top 20% of households -- above $53,710 in 1989, the latest year for which income statistics are available. Bear in mind that most families -- including yours -- are wealthier than the table below indicates. The Census Bureau last compiled data on household assets in 1988 and didn't include the value of pensions, life insurance, furniture or jewelry.

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