The Effects of Credit Attitude and Socioeconomic Factors on Credit Card and Installment Debt
- 1 June 2001
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Consumer Affairs
- Vol. 35 (1) , 162-179
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6606.2001.tb00107.x
Abstract
Most previous research on credit use has examined the effect of socioeconomic and attitude variables without considering the possible correlation among these factors. Also, the studies have not considered whether there is a difference between general and specific attitudes toward credit and the use of credit. This study addresses those problems and includes installment debt as well as credit card debt in the analysis. The study used data from the 1998 Survey of Consumer Finances. The findings show the higher the specific attitude index, the higher the outstanding credit card balances, and the more favorable the general attitude toward using credit, the higher the installment debt. The results suggest the need for greater awareness on the part of consumers and consumer educators on the influence of attitude in the use of credit.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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