Attitudes to money in a random sample of adults: Factor analysis of the MAS and MBBS scales, and correlations with demographic variables

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1803-1814

  Baker, Paul Morgan ^a   Hagedorn, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Measurement; Money

Indexed keywords

EID: 50849109853     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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