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Wages play an important role in those statistics; when you earn less, paying off loans is harder.
Student loan debt, meanwhile, tends to take up a larger share of women’s income than it does men’s, according to Washington-based Institute for Women’s Policy Research.
Student loans can have lasting effects for both men and women, from making saving for retirement more difficult to driving the postponement of major life decisions such as homeownership and marriage.