The Role of Financial Literacy in Financial Decisions and Retirement Preparedness among Seniors and Older Adults - SRDC

The Role of Financial Literacy in Financial Decisions and Retirement Preparedness among Seniors and Older Adults

Authors:Taylor Shek-Wai Hui

Objectives:

  • To understand the characteristics of those who are “over-confident” among seniors (65+) and older adults (55-64)
  • To understand the financial behaviours and outcomes that are associated with financial knowledge and confidence among seniors and older adults.
  • To shed light on the needs of seniors and older adults in order to design effective intervention strategies.

This is a quantitative analysis using Statistics Canada’s public use microdata file of the Canadian Financial Capability Survey 2014.

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