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Title

I wish I'd known sooner! The impact of financial counselling on debt resolution and personal wellbeing

Author(s)

Brackertz, Nicola

Abstract

This national survey of 225 financial counselling clients was commissioned by The Salvation Army and conducted by the Swinburne Institute at Swinburne University in Melbourne in July 2012. The study investigated the impact of The Salvation Army's financial counselling service on clients' ability to resolve or reduce their financial difficulties, as well as health and wellbeing and financial capability outcomes. The research connects with broader debates about how financial literacy, financial capability and financial exclusion link with issues of poverty, social inclusion and health and wellbeing.

Publication type

Report

Research centre

Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Life and Social Sciences. The Swinburne Institute for Social Research

Publication year

2012

Keyword(s)

Debt;  Debt resolution;  Deprivation;  Financial capability;  Financial counselling;  Financial difficulties;  Financial literacy;  Financial stress;  Health;  The Salvation Army;  Wellbeing

Publisher

The Salvation Army

ISBN

9780987218575, 0987218573

Publisher URL

http://www.salvationarmy.org.au/en/News-and-Media/Reports--Submissions/

Copyright

Copyright © The Salvation Army Australia Southern Territory 2012. Paper reproduced here with the kind permission of the publisher.

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