What Young Adults Need to Know About Money is a 90 minute panel discussion presented by Bill Cheeks, Dr. Joyce Serido and Dr. Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth on behalf of the Military Families Learning Network. This panel discussion addresses the concerns of young working adults, college students and young enlisted Service Members.
1. Please
share
your
email
address
with
us!
We’d like to send you a link to this webinar’s recording and resources,
and notifications for future webinars.!
Provide
feedback
and
earn
CEU
Credit
with
one
link:
We will provide this link at the end of the webinar!
Welcome to the
Military Families Learning Network
Panel Discussion
What Young Adults Need to Know About
Money!
This material is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
and the Office of Family Policy, Children and Youth, U.S. Department of Defense under Award Numbers 2010-48869-20685 and 2012-48755-20306.
2. This material is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
and the Office of Family Policy, Children and Youth, U.S. Department of Defense under Award Numbers 2010-48869-20685 and 2012-48755-20306.
Research and evidenced-based
professional development !
through engaged online communities.!
eXtension.org/militaryfamilies!
!
!
Welcome to the
Military Families Learning Network
!
3. Connect with the Personal
Finance Team
» Facebook: PersonalFinance4PFMs
» Twitter: #MFLNPF
4. Resources, slides and more information available:
https://learn.extension.org/events/1558#.U36Otq1dXrU!
5. Panelist: Bill Cheeks!
William “Bill” Cheeks is President
of ABBA Associates Inc., a fiscal
management consultant. Bill is a
consultant to the Jump$tart
Coalition for Personal Financial
Literacy and, in that capacity,
serves as Regional Consultant,
Eastern States, assisting and
advising Jump$tart state coalitions
in the region. !
6. Panelist: Dr. Joyce Serido!
Dr. Joyce Serido is an
Assistant Research
Professor at the University
of Arizona’s Norton School
of Family and Consumer
Sciences/Take Charge
America Institute and is
the Principal Investigator
for the Arizona Pathways
to Success Transition to
Adulthood initiative.!
7. Panelist: Dr. Shelley MacDermid
Wadsworth!
Dr. Shelley MacDermid
Wadsworth is a Professor and
Director of the Center for
Families and the Director of
the Military Family Research
Institute at Purdue University.
Over the past 20 years, her
research has focused on the
relationships between work
conditions and family life. !
8.
9. Jump$tart®
Coali@on
for
Personal
Financial
Literacy
An
independent,
non-‐profit
coali@on
of
more
than
150
na@onal
organiza@ons
and
en@@es.
Ø Non-Profit Organizations
Ø Educational Institutions
Ø Financial Associations
Ø Corporations
Ø Government Agencies
10. Jump$tart National Initiatives Standards
and Benchmarks3rd
Edi@on,
2007
Jump$tart
Coali@on
for
Personal
Financial
Literacy
National
Standards
in K–12
Personal Finance
Education
With
Benchmarks,
Knowledge
Statements,
and
Glossary
Substantially
Revised in
2007
Benchmarks
for 4th, 8th and
12th Grades
15. ARIZONA
PATHWAYS
TO
LIFE
SUCCESS
FOR
UNIVERSITY
STUDENTS
(APLUS)
Joyce
Serido,
Asst.
Director
&
Research
Professor
Take
Charge
America
Ins@tute
University
of
Arizona
June
5,
2014
Funding
for
this
study
provided
by
the
Na5onal
Endowment
for
Financial
Educa5on
(NEFE)
and
the
Ci5
Founda5on
Copyright
@
Take
Charge
America
Ins?tute
2014
17. SOCIALIZATION
• Financial
paren?ng
is
key
influence
• 1.5
?mes
that
of
financial
educa?on
• 2
?mes
that
of
their
friends
Copyright@APLUS
Take
Charge
America
Ins?tute,
2014
18. COGNITION
3%
11%
14%
CUMULATIVE
EFFECTS
OF
FINANCIAL
EDUCATION
Copyright@APLUS
Take
Charge
America
Ins?tute,
2014
19. FINANCIAL
SELF-‐AWARENESS
3.5
4.5
4.0
3.7
4.6
3.7
Perceived
financial
efficacy
Perceived
financial
control
Posi?ve
financial
aStudes
Wave
1
Wave
2
Copyright@APLUS
Take
Charge
America
Ins?tute,
2014
20. FINANCIAL
BEHAVIOR
2
3
4
Wave
1
Wave
2
Copyright@APLUS
Take
Charge
America
Ins?tute,
2014
21. FINANCIAL
BEHAVIOR
AND
WELL-‐BEING
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
Financial
Sa?sfac?on
Life
Sa?sfac?on
Psychological
Well-‐Being
Physical
Well-‐
Being
Poor
Low
Average
High
Copyright@APLUS
Take
Charge
America
Ins?tute,
2014
23. WHAT
IS
“FINANCIAL
CAPABILITY”?
• Knowledge
and
competencies
[rela?ve
to
personal
finance],
ability
to
act
on
that
knowledge,
and
opportunity
to
act
(Johnson
&
Sherraden,
2007)
• The
ability
to
make
good
financial
decisions
in
their
own
behalf
(FINRA,
2009)
Copyright@APLUS
Take
Charge
America
Ins?tute,
2014
24. PROMOTING
YOUNG
ADULTS’
FINANCIAL
CAPABILITY
Strategies
for
Copyright@APLUS
Take
Charge
America
Ins?tute,
2014
25. PERSONAL
FINANCE
IS…PERSONAL
• Personal
goals
and
values
-‐
the
founda?on
of
personal
financial
style
• Financial
style
-‐
the
way
you
approach
financial
choices
– Financial
style
comes
from
self-‐understanding
and
self-‐
expression
• There
is
a
“cause
and
effect”
inherent
in
financial
choices
Copyright@APLUS
Take
Charge
America
Ins?tute,
2014
26. FIRST
STEP
TOWARD
FINANCIAL
CAPABILITY
Awareness
• Personal
goals,
values,
aStudes
• Financial
prac?ces
(what
one
can
do)
• Financial
knowledge
(understanding
how
financial
services
work)
Copyright@APLUS
Take
Charge
America
Ins?tute,
2014
27. FINANCIAL
LEARNING
IS
ONGOING
• Financial
decision-‐making
is
a
daily
event
• Individual
understanding
evolves
• Prac?ce
making
financial
choices
Copyright@APLUS
Take
Charge
America
Ins?tute,
2014
28. SECOND
STEP
TOWARD
FINANCIAL
CAPABILITY
Relevance
• Financial
well-‐being
is
a
personal
assessment
of
sa?sfac?on
with
one’s
finances.
• Financial
well-‐being
contributes
to
quality
of
life
• Financial
well-‐being
emerges
from
managing
your
resources
well
• Financial
well-‐being
≠
wealth
Copyright@APLUS
Take
Charge
America
Ins?tute,
2014
29. PROACTIVE
COPING
PROMOTES
WELL-‐BEING
Proac?ve
coping
involves:
• Star?ng
with
a
goal
or
purpose
• Gathering
informa?on
(mul?ple
sources)
• Evalua?ng
informa?on
• Making
best
choice
(for
you)
Copyright@APLUS
Take
Charge
America
Ins?tute,
2014
30. THIRD
STEP
TOWARD
FINANCIAL
CAPABILITY
RESPONSIBILITY
• Invest
in
yourself
• Career
planning
is
one
of
the
most
important
financial
decisions
you
will
make
• Things
change…
things
are
always
changing
Try
it…see
what
happens…adapt
Copyright@APLUS
Take
Charge
America
Ins?tute,
2014
32. What
Young
Military
People
Need
to
Know
about
Money
Shelley
MacDermid
Wadsworth
June
5,
2014
33. Today,
Enlisted
Average
Military
Compensa?on
Exceeds
Earnings
of
Most
Workers
with
High
School
Educa?on
Civilian
earnings
are
for
full-‐?me,
full-‐year
male
workers
star?ng
at
age
20
Thanks
to
James
Hosek
for
this
slide
$20,000
$30,000
$40,000
$50,000
$60,000
$70,000
$80,000
$90,000
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
Annual
earnings
(2013
$)
Year
of
service
Males
with
High
School:
2011
p_90
p_80
p_70
p_50
RMC
34. Officer
Average
Military
Compensa?on
Exceeds
Pay
of
Most
Workers
with
Bachelor’s
Degree
Civilian
earnings
are
for
full-‐?me,
full-‐year
male
workers
star?ng
at
age
24
Thanks
to
James
Hosek
for
this
slide
$20,000
$40,000
$60,000
$80,000
$100,000
$120,000
$140,000
$160,000
$180,000
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
Annual
earnings
(2013
$)
Year
of
service
Males
with
Bachelor's
Degree:
2011
p_90
p_80
p_70
p_50
RMC
35. Military
Wives
Have
Lower
Labor
Force
Par?cipa?on
and
Earnings
Than
Comparable
Civilian
Wives
• Labor
supply
– 9
percent
lower
labor
force
par?cipa?on
rate
– 6.4
fewer
work
weeks
among
labor
force
par?cipants
– 10
percent
less
likely
to
work
30
or
more
hours
a
week
(“full-‐?me”)
– 14
percent
less
likely
to
work
33
or
more
weeks
a
year
(“full-‐year”)
– 14
percent
less
likely
to
work
both
full-‐year
and
full-‐?me
• Earnings
– 13
percent
lower
if
work
part-‐?me
– 14
percent
lower
if
work
full-‐?me
• These
differences
may
reflect
both
– Preference
for
less
par?cipa?on
and
work
– Fewer
employment
opportuni?es
and
lower
wage
offers
Based
on
regression
analysis
of
American
Community
Survey
data
for
2005-‐2011,
controlling
for
age,
educa?on,
year,
whether
federal
employment,
whether
spouse
is
a
veteran,
and
weeks
worked
(in
earnings
regressions)
36. Labor
Supply
and
Earnings
Differences
Imply
Average
Annual
Earnings
20
Percent
Lower
Military
wife
Comparable
civilian
wife
Percent
difference
Earnings
by
whether
working
part-‐?me
or
full-‐?me
Part-‐?me
$9,037
$10,352
-‐13%
Full-‐?me
$31,116
$36,325
-‐14%
Percentage
working
full-‐?me
among
those
working
75%
83%
-‐14%
Overall
average
earnings
among
those
working
$25,723
$32,112
-‐20%
Drawing
together
findings
so
far:
Military
spouses’
lower
earnings
par%ally
offset
the
higher
earnings
of
service
members,
plus
military
families
have
zero-‐cost
health
care
37. ‘Can’t
make
ends
meet’
or
‘In
over
our
heads’
Junior
Enlisted
Service
Members
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
2002
2009
2010
Individual
Financial
Problems
Overall
Financial
Condi?on
Source:
2011
Family
Readiness
Report
to
Congress
38. ‘Can’t
make
ends
meet’
or
‘In
over
our
heads’
Military
Family
Life
Project
Mothers
2010
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
14%
16%
18%
Preschool
School
Age
High
School
None
39. Financial
Problems
Are
More
Common
in
Families
Where
…
• Service
members
are
in
pay
grades
lower
than
O4
• Spouses
are
unemployed
• The
family
had
a
hard
?me
readjus?ng
to
the
service
member’s
presence
following
return
from
deployment
• Service
members
have
been
wounded
in
ways
that
interfere
with
family
life
• Someone
in
the
family
has
special
medical
or
educa?onal
needs
Data
Source:
Military
Family
Life
Project
2008
40. Financial
Problems
Are
Less
Common
in
Families
Where
…
• Money
is
put
aside
each
month
• There
is
$500
or
more
in
emergency
savings
• Social
support
is
higher
than
average
• The
service
member
is
female
• The
family
is
enrolled
in
the
Excep?onal
Family
Member
program
Data
Source:
Military
Family
Life
Project
2008
41. Conclusions
• Service
members’
compensa?on
is
higher
than
that
of
comparable
civilians
• Military
spouses
work
and
earn
less
than
civilian
counterparts,
par?ally
offseSng
service
members’
higher
compensa?on
• Military
service
provides
extensive
family
supports
rela?ve
to
civilians
• Financial
condi?ons
have
improved
in
recent
years,
but
this
is
now
slowing
43. Resources!
• Arizona Pathways to Life
Success!
• Jumpstart!
• Jumpstart Clearinghouse!
• The Military Family Research
Institute at Purdue University !
!
!
44. Personal Finance Twitter Cohort!
A 2-week learning experience beginning June 9
presented by the MFLN Personal Finance team and
the Network Literacy Community of Practice.!
!
• Become a part of a community of learners that will
form and build your online network.!
• Engage in conversations within the Twitter
community centered around your interests.!
• Learn from guides that help new users maximize
their Twitter experience.!
• For more information and to register:
https://twittercohort.wordpress.com/!
45. Next Personal Finance Webinar!
Small Steps to Health & Wealth!
• July 29, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. ET!
• Speaker: Dr. Barbara O’Neill!
• 1.5 CEUs for AFCs!
• For more information:
https://learn.extension.org/events/
1625#.U36U8K1dXrU!
46. Military Families Learning Network"
This material is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
and the Office of Family Policy, Children and Youth, U.S. Department of Defense under Award Numbers 2010-48869-20685 and 2012-48755-20306.
Family Development !
Military Caregiving
Personal Finance!
Network Literacy!
Find all upcoming and recorded webinars
covering:
http://www.extension.org/62581