Financial fitness is a goal for many people, but achieving fitness in terms of money management may require a combination of financial education, coaching, and financial access. After reviewing the components of financial fitness, this session will provide an overview of measures of financial capability and well-being, as well as practical applications of program measures in the field. The session will include discussion, interactive polling and Q&A.
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Speaker: Dr. J. Michael Collins
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What is Financial Fitness & How is it Measured?
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4. Dr. J. Michael Collins
•Faculty Director at the Center for Financial Security at
the University of Wisconsin.
•Associate Professor at the La Follete School of Public
Affairs and at the School of Human Ecology.
•Family Economics Specialist for UW-Extension and
Cooperative Extension
•Collins studies consumer decision-making in the
financial marketplace, including the role of public policy
in influencing credit, savings and investment choices.
Today’s Presenter
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What is Financial Fitness
& How is it Measured?
Dr. J. Michael Collins,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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9. Common Goal
Help people be “better off”
Independence
Control
Stability
How can people better manage the
resources they have to reach a
higher level of well-being?
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10. Ideal Outcomes
Develop stronger financial skills
Empower to adapt to new economic contexts
Increased self-efficacy and self-control
More focused attention and reduced
inattention
Support planned, goal-driven financial
behaviors
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11. Challenge for Field
1. What are the outcomes?
2. What is the return on investment?
…costs and benefits
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12. Measures we use all the time
Weight or blood pressure
Weight for monitoring heart function
Weight for competing in diet competition
Tests - use only sometimes
MRI or blood draw
Both are important, but have different purposes and
uses
Likely we are more focused on frequent “all the time” type measures
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Measuring as a Task
13. Pros Cons
Self Reported
Survey
Can be collected in
service delivery
Self-report bias; lack of
cooperation, especially for
follow-up—need incentives.
Credit
report/score
Widely used
Proprietary ; 'thin' files; slow
to change.
Account
balances
Directly observe
behavior; validity
Very “noisy” snapshot;
requires client consent
Public records Accessible
Low probability events;
uneven reporting.
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14. Three Legs of Financial Fitness
Financial Literacy
Knowing What to Do
Financial Capability
Skills to Do
Financial Inclusion
Opportunity to Do
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15. Standardized measures?
Health care, public health, nutrition
Ex. Outcomes per health care expenditure
Financial programs use wide range of
outcomes
Common “yardsticks” will help. Two examples:
Financial Capability Scale (behavior)
Financial Well-being Scale (subjective)
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Measuring Outcomes
30. No measure is perfect
Some measures are better than none
Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
Balancing strategies for collecting data
Self reported data AND Administrative data
Not about ‘Winners’ and ‘Losers’
Measures are complements not substitutes
Expect constant improvements and refinements
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Moving Forward
31. Illustrative Studies…
Retirement Savings Education: Quasi-experiment with employees:
increased retirement deferrals by 47 percent ($30 / month)
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32. High School Financial Education:
90-Day Loan Delinquency Rate by Graduation Year
Before & After State Mandate
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35. What’s Next?
1. Build Measurement Capacity
Training & education
Developing systems
1. Deploy Technology
Software, web-based services
1. Practice: Fidelity, Consistency & Quality
Need “rules” (and enforcement)
Context/process, wording, mode, timing
1. Standardization & Aggregation
Across time, program and geography
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36. Homework
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Try the Financial Capability Scale. What is your score (0-8)?
http://fyi.uwex.edu/financialcoaching/measures/
Try the Financial Well-being Scale. Calculate your score (with
the look-up table)
http://www.consumerfinance.gov/data-research/research-reports/financial-we
How could you use either scale in your own work with clients?
39. What is one significant thing
you learned today?
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MFLN Personal Finance is offering 1.5 credits for AFC-
credentialed participants through AFCPE and CPFC-credentialed
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43. Personal Finance Upcoming Events
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VLE Session 2: Positive Personality Traits of Financially
Fit People
• Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2016
• Time: 11 Eastern
• Location: learn.extension.org/events/2592
VLE Session 3: Wealth Building With Savings, Investing
& Windfalls
• Date: Thursday, June 16, 2016
• Time: 11 Eastern
• Location: learn.extension.org/events/2593
44. VLE Wrap Up Discussion
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• Thursday, June 16, 2016 from 1-1:30pm Eastern
• https://learn.extension.org/events/2594
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