The Finances of Full-Time Employed Participants: With Canadian Financial Diaries Research Project, Phase One Participants

Abstract

This summary is the third in a series describing the financial health of low- and modest-middle income participants involved in the Canadian Financial Diaries Research Project. The seven participants in this summary were selected because they were all employed full-time. This summary aims to highlight for the reader the participants’ financial values and practices and to offer insights into participants’ financial wellbeing, including any barriers or opportunities which might impact their financial health or inform their financial decisions.

Keywords: financial wellbeing, financial literacy, poverty

JEL Classification: I32, G23