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Path analysis is used to examine the causal relationships among selected objective and subjective factors associated with a household's expectation of future financial condition. Results indicate that respondents who perceive the effect of changes in the external environment on their own household's financial condition as positive are younger, have higher net worth, perceive more internal control over their situation, and report that most of the changes in the external environment are positive. Respondents who are younger, have higher income, perceive more internal control over their situation, and believe the effect of changes in the external environment on their household's financial condition are positive are more likely to be optimistic about their financial future. It is important that educators and financial advisors recognize the significant role perception of being in control plays in determining expectations of future financial condition.
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Journal Paper No. J-15256 of the Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station, Project No. 2809. Data were collected in conjunction with the cooperative regional research project NC-182, “Family Resource Utilization as a Factor in Determining Economic Well-Being of Rural Families.” Cooperating states are Arizona, California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, and Minnesota.
Her current research interests include family financial management and consumer bankruptcy; she received her Ph.D. from the University of Missouri.
She received her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois; her current research interests include gender roles, family financial management, and economic well-being.
She received her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. Her research interests are economic well-being and quality of life.
Her current research interests include the economic well-being of various family forms. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois.
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Hira, T.K., Fitzsimmons, V.S., Hafstrom, J.L. et al. Factors associated with expectation of household's future financial condition. J Fam Econ Iss 14, 237–256 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01022179
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