Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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971039 | The Journal of Socio-Economics | 2009 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
Qualitative research in the UK has revealed a diversity of financial arrangements underlying separate systems of household financial management. One factor, identified in previous work, is perceived ownership of money, with financial practices differing according to whether couples have distinct, blurred or shared ownership perceptions. The present work aims to build on and extend this research, using data from an online survey study with 190 cohabitants in the UK. The findings reveal that ownership perceptions transcend separate money management categories, and can be a significant predictor of the type of contribution cohabitants make towards joint household expenses.
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Authors
Katherine J. Ashby, Carole. B. Burgoyne,