The Foundation supports research to understand the financial capability of American households, financial fraud and consumer protection, and what works when it comes to financial education and protection. Explore the resulting reports and data sets using the filters below.
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Research Center
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Sep 01, 2017
Using 2015 NFCS data, researchers found that veterans have slightly better financial outcomes than non-veterans, but there are some areas where veterans could improve.
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Jul 01, 2017
The taxonomy of fraud—developed by the Foundation and Stanford Center on Longevity, in collaboration with the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics—is a classification scheme designed to improve consistency in fraud measurement.
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Jun 01, 2017
The Foundation collaborated with United Way Worldwide on research into how local nonprofit organizations can effectively engage employers in providing workplace financial wellness services, and communicate with employees these programs.
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Apr 01, 2017
Researchers from the Foundation and First Nations Development Institute used 2015 NFCS data to examine the financial capability of Native Americans relative to other racial/ethnic groups and across subpopulations of Native American adults.
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Mar 01, 2017
WIth a Foundation grant, researchers from the Urban Institute used NFCS data to examine how the prevalence of past-due medical debt varies across states and how it changed from 2012 to 2015.
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Feb 01, 2017
This report details development and testing of a survey instrument using a fraud taxonomy (or classification scheme) designed to more accurately capture the prevalence rate of financial fraud in the U.S.
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May 03, 2016
The Foundation collaborated with Stanford and AARP on this study demonstrating that negative or positive emotional arousal may increase older adults' susceptibility to scams that involve emotional appeals.
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Sep 01, 2015
Using data from the 2012 NFCS, this research examined the demographic and financial characteristics of U.S. households with retirement and non-retirement investment accounts.
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Mar 01, 2015
This Foundation study explored consumer financial fraud from the victim’s perspective—how victims experienced the incident and the potential indirect financial costs and non-financial consequences of having been victimized.
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Jan 01, 2015
If a rigorous financial education program is carefully implemented, it can improve the credit scores and lower the probability of delinquency for young adults.