Sharon A. DeVaney and Sophia T. Anong

This research identified the characteristics of respondents in different quintiles of the income distribution using data from the three most recent Surveys of Consumer Finances (1998, 2001, and 2004). Using multinomial logistic regression, each quintile was compared to the middle quintile of the income distribution (41st to 60th income percentile)... Read More >

Cong Wang and Sherman D. Hanna

Data from the 1992's 2004 Survey of Consumer Finances were used to examine the risk tolerance and stock ownership of three types of households: those that do not own a business, those that own and manage a business, and those that own but do not manage a business. Non-manager business... Read More >

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Barbara O'Neill

Author: John De Graaf, David Wann, and Thomas H. Naylor Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. ISBN: 10,1,57675,357,3 Read More >

John E. Grable

Author: Michael C. Thomsett Publisher: AMACOM (2008) ISBN: 978.0814400333 Read More >

Sharon A. DeVaney

Editor: Jing J. Xiao Publisher: Springer (2008) ISBN: 978-0-387-75733-9 Read More >

Frances C. Lawrence, Angela C. Lyons, and Elizabeth E. Gorham

During the 2005, 2006, and 2007 annual meetings, members of the Family Economics Research Coordinating Committee (NCCC052) developed three national research priorities for family economics research. This committee, functioning under the National Agricultural Experiment Station System, facilitates collaboration among family economics researchers nationally and internationally and provides a forum to... Read More >

Ivan Beutler, Lucy Beutler, and J. Kelly McCoy

Adolescent aspirations associated with perceptions of "living well" were qualitatively evaluated based on 187 middle school student responses. Using grounded theory methodology, 976 words and phrases were coded and grouped; 41.9% were extrinsic, 36.3% were intrinsic, and 21.8% of the passages were merely descriptive. Extrinsic coded words and phrases emphasized... Read More >

Sonya Britt, John E. Grable, Briana S. Nelson Goff, and Mark White

Financial spending behaviors and relationship satisfaction are generally thought to be linked for many couples. The current study examined how perceived personal, partner, and joint spending behaviors influence relationship satisfaction. The sample consisted of residents from several communities within one mid-western state (N = 347). Spending behavior items were used... Read More >