Research program

Oregon Financial Wellness Index

Sourced from OnPoint’s State of Personal Finance Education materials.

Publication / data vintage: 2020-02-06 · Status: published_findings

Findings

  • 61% of Oregonians surveyed could not correctly answer more than three questions on a five-question financial literacy test. Source
  • 52% of Oregonians did not have an emergency savings fund (vs. about half of Americans in the cited comparison). Source
  • 19% of Oregonians spent more than their income (vs. 18% of Americans in the cited comparison). Source
  • At publication, Oregon was not among states requiring high schools to offer personal finance courses (22 states did). Source

Methodology

  1. Public OnPoint “State of Personal Finance Education” infographic synthesizing literacy survey and national comparisons
  2. Findings dated to the published PDF revision (Feb 2020)
  3. Newer Oregon Financial Wellness Index editions should replace these when published

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