The University of Wisconsin‘s Financial Literacy Research Consortium (UW-FLRC) and Jennifer Turnham from Abt Associates, Inc., conducted 18 focus groups with mostly low-income individuals to explore how community-based organizations might encourage better financial practices, including higher savings rates, among low-income and vulnerable populations. The focus groups gathered information on savings motives, practices, and attitudes as … Continue reading Attitudes to Savings and Financial Education Among Low-Income Populations: Findings from the Financial Literacy Focus Groups