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Hunter, Jennifer L.; Heath, Claudia J. – Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 2017
This article uses a random digit dial probability sample (N = 328) to examine the relationship between credit card use behaviors and household well-being during a period of severe economic recession: The Great Recession. The ability to measure the role of credit card use during a period of recession provides unique insights to the study of credit…
Descriptors: Credit (Finance), Consumer Economics, Well Being, Family (Sociological Unit)
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Zimmerman, Julie N.; Ham, Sunny; Frank, Sarah Michelle – Rural Sociology, 2008
The relative cost of living in rural areas has long been of interest to rural sociologists. Today, the popular perception is that rural prices are lower. This study examines geographic differences in the costs of living in Kentucky. The results indicate that, contrary to the popular perception, when prices of the same products and services were…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Counties, Costs, Quality of Life