Saving and financial planning: Some findings from a focus group

Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-8

  Kennickell, Arthur B ^a   Starr McCluer, Martha ^a   Sundén, Annika E ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial planning; Focus group; Saving; Survey of consumer finances

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043146329     PISSN: 10523073     EISSN: 19477910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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