Older respondent average reported net worthAge 55+ net-worth responders (n=1,479)
MYR 89,491.68Published average
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Malaysia wealth reference
Study published 2010; fieldwork year unverified · Individual · MYR
Lower confidence · historical research sample
Older adults (55+) interviewed in Peninsular Malaysia: 1,841 participants, net-worth response subset n=1,479
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Older respondent average reported net worth · Age 55+ net-worth responders (n=1,479) · Individual.
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Wealth measure: Study-reported individual respondent net worth among older interviewees; not household or all-age national wealth
- Older Peninsular Malaysian individual respondents are not a general national or household population.
- 1,841 people were interviewed but 1,479 contributed to the reported net-worth figure; never conflate these denominators.
- Article publication date is known; underlying data collection year has not been independently verified.
Source: Yin-Fah, Masud, Hamid and Paim, Financial Wellbeing of Older Peninsular Malaysians: A Gender Comparison, Asian Social Science (2010). Average respondent net worth MYR 89,491.68 for the net-worth-answering subset n=1,479; publisher CC BY 4.0.