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Middle‐School Children's Sources and Uses of Money
Author(s) -
DOSS VONDA S.,
MARLOWE JULIA,
GODWIN DEBORAH D.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of consumer affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.582
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1745-6606
pISSN - 0022-0078
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6606.1995.tb00046.x
Subject(s) - association (psychology) , power (physics) , money management , relation (database) , economics , psychology , finance , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics , psychotherapist , database
Despite their growing economic power, children's acquisition and use of money rarely has been investigated in academic research, although it has been a frequent topic in the media. This study (1) describes sources and uses of money children (age 10–15) receive; and (2) investigates the association of children's uses of money with their age, gender, family structure, and sources of money. The sources of money are associated with children's uses of it, but age, gender, and family situation do not relate to the way they use money. Consumer education should focus on the sources of children's money in relation to the way they use it.