---
"title": "Section 4: Student Debt and the Deleveraging of Household Debt"
"description": "[![](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2012/09/09-26-12-Student-Debt-04-01.png?w=297){.alignright width=280}](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/social-trends/2012/09/26/a-record-one-in-five-households-now-owe-student-loan-debt/09-26-12-student-debt-04-01-png/)"
"date": "2012-09-26"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Richard Fry"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/social-trends/2012/09/26/section-4-student-debt-and-the-deleveraging-of-household-debt/"
"categories":
  - "Higher Education"
  - "Income & Wages"
  - "Older Adults & Aging"
  - "Student Loans"
  - "Younger Adults"
---

# Section 4: Student Debt and the Deleveraging of Household Debt

[![](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2012/09/09-26-12-Student-Debt-04-01.png?w=297){.alignright width=280}](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/social-trends/2012/09/26/a-record-one-in-five-households-now-owe-student-loan-debt/09-26-12-student-debt-04-01-png/)

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