Financial Literacy in Adult Life
Publisher: National Foundation for Educational Research
Published: June 1996
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 165
ISBN-13: 9780700514243
Subjects: Adult education; Philosophy of education
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: i; title: Foreword
pagenum: ii; label: 1
title: Introduction
pagenum: 1; label: 1.1
title: Background to the Research
pagenum: 1; label: 1.2
title: Methodology
pagenum: 2; label: 1.2.1
title: The survey of learning needs
pagenum: 2; label: 1.2.2
title: The survey of providers
pagenum: 4; label: 1.4
title: Structure of the Report
pagenum: 5; label: Part I
title: The Survey of Learning Needs
pagenum: 6; label: 2
title: Attitudes to Finance
pagenum: 6; label: 2.1
title: Attitudes to Saving
pagenum: 6; label: 2.2
title: Attitudes to Borrowing
pagenum: 8; label: 2.3
title: Use of Banks and Building Societies
pagenum: 9; label: 2.4
title: Managing a Current Account
pagenum: 11; label: 2.5
title: Responsibility for Money Management
pagenum: 12; label: 2.6
title: Confidence in Money Management
pagenum: 13; label: 2.7
title: Overview
pagenum: 17; label: 3
title: Financial Literacy Skills
pagenum: 18; label: 3.1
title: Methods of Saving
pagenum: 18; label: 3.1.1
title: Types of savings
pagenum: 18; label: 3.1.2
title: Interest rates
pagenum: 19; label: 3.1.3
title: Choosing an account
pagenum: 20; label: 3.2
title: Benefits
pagenum: 21; label: 3.3
title: Financial Decision Making
pagenum: 23; label: 3.3.1
title: Buying a car
pagenum: 23; label: 3.3.2
title: Buying (Or renting) a TV
pagenum: 26; label: 3.4
title: Financial Problem Solving
pagenum: 29; label: 3.4.1
title: Paying the rent
pagenum: 30; label: 3.4.2
title: Paying the mortgage
pagenum: 33; label: 3.4.3
title: Looking after baby
pagenum: 35; label: 3.4.4
title: Problem solving
pagenum: 37; label: 3.5
title: Financial Literacy
pagenum: 38; label: 4
title: Perceived Learning Needs, and How to Meet Them
pagenum: 41; label: 4.1
title: Information Requested
pagenum: 41; label: 4.2
title: Learning about Money Matters
pagenum: 43; label: 4.3
title: Contacting Learners
pagenum: 44; label: Part II
title: The Survey of Providers
pagenum: 46; label: 5
title: Agencies Offering Money Management Advice
pagenum: 46; label: 5.1
title: Citizens Advice Bureaux and Other Agencies
pagenum: 46; label: 5.1.1
title: Clients and the advice they sought
pagenum: 46; label: 5.1.2
title: Information and learning support
pagenum: 50; label: 5.2
title: Money Advice Support Units
pagenum: 55; label: 5.3
title: Summary
pagenum: 58; label: 6
title: Libraries with Open Learning Centres
pagenum: 59; title: Summary
pagenum: 62; label: 7
title: Further Education and Adult Education
pagenum: 63; label: 7.1
title: Current Courses
pagenum: 63; label: 7.2
title: Developing Courses and Resource Material; label: 7.3
title: Student Services
pagenum: 70; label: 7.4
title: The Workers' Educational Association
pagenum: 71; label: 7.5
title: Summary
pagenum: 74; label: 8
title: Meeting the Needs
pagenum: 76; label: 8.1
title: Adult Learning Needs
pagenum: 76; label: 8.1.1
title: Single parents on benefits
pagenum: 76; label: 8.1.2
title: Families in rented accommodation
pagenum: 77; label: 8.1.3
title: Young people in work or training
pagenum: 78; label: 8.1.4
title: Students in higher education
pagenum: 79; label: 8.1.5
title: The general population
pagenum: 80; label: 8.2
title: Citizens Advice Bureaux
pagenum: 83; label: 8.3
title: Libraries with Open Learning Centres
pagenum: 84; label: 8.4
title: College and Centres
pagenum: 85; label: 8.5
title: Other Approaches
pagenum: 86; label: 8.6
title: Possible Future Research
pagenum: 88; title: References
pagenum: 90; label: Appendix A
title: Financial Literacy
pagenum: 91; title: Appendix B; label: B1
title: Method of Calculating Scores
pagenum: 94; label: B2
title: Use of Regression Analysis
pagenum: 95