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Peer reviewedMcKenna, Judy Sheaks; Nickols, Sharon Y. – Home Economics Research Journal, 1988
A study examined the retirement planning of women between 40 and 55 years of age within the framework of family resource management. Personal characteristics inhibiting retirement planning were fear of financial risk, lack of perceived personal control, unwillingness to take risks, lack of belief in control of one's own life, and math anxiety.…
Descriptors: Family Financial Resources, Females, Individual Characteristics, Locus of Control
Peer reviewedMcKenna, Judy; Nickols, Sharon Y. – Journal of Home Economics, 1986
Discusses factors that influence women in their daily living (economic and demographic factors, feelings about mathematics ability, risk taking, and locus of control), retirement planning concerns of midlife women, retirement planning strategies and the role of educators in this planning, and social-psychological strategies. (CT)
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Decision Making, Demography, Economic Factors
