Note: Figure shows the median level of household net wealth among households with two or fewer adults. Households are classified into generations based on their mean of the adults’ years of birth. Age is the mean age of the adults in the household. Wealth is total household net wealth excluding physical wealth.
Source: Figure 2.3 from ‘A blueprint for a better tax treatment of pensions’, Adam et al (2023). Wealth and Assets Survey, waves 1 to 5 and round 6.
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