Assessing the baby boomers’ financial wellness using financial ratios and a subjective measure

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 321-348

  Baek, Eunyoung ^a   De Vaney, Sharon A ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baby boomers; Financial ratios; Objective financial wellness; Subjective financial wellness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930680729     PISSN: 1077727X     EISSN: 15523934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X04263826     Document Type: Article

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