Financially distressed consumers: Their financial practices, financial well-being, and health

Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-87

  O'Neill, Barbara ^a   Sorhaindo, Benoit ^b   Xiao, Jing Jian ^c   Garman, E Thomas ^d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b InCharge Education Foundation Inc ^*  (United States)

^c Environmental Research Laboratory   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Debt problems; Debt repayment; Financial counseling; Financial distress; Financial problems; Health and personal finances; Personal financial behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 76349126215     PISSN: 10523073     EISSN: 19477910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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