A new study concludes that one-third of Michigan\'s senior citizens are considered \"economically insecure,\" far more than suggested by the federal poverty line. Even in some of the wealthiest counties, where suburbs buoy the county\'s overall median income, at least 1 in 4 senior citizens struggles to make ends meet, according to the paper, \"Invisible Poverty: New Measure Unveils Financial Hardship in Michigan\'s Older Population.\" \"There\'s the popular perception that they have this nice car and their house is paid off and they travel the country. And that\'s true for some,\" said Thomas Jankowski, one of the study\'s authors and associate research director at Wayne State University\'s Institute of Gerontology. \"But others, many, many others, just skate on the edge of economic security.\"

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