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Table 5 Multiple linear regressions on the score in ‘Banking’

From: Relations between young adults’ knowledge and understanding, experiences, and information behavior in personal finance matters

Variable

M1

M2

Coefficient B

Standard error

Coefficient B

Standard error

Constant

10.475***

.345

15.335***

.685

Informed about Riester retirement plan

.744*

.366

.183

.352

Informed about building loan agreement

.777**

.266

.513*

.249

Informed about stocks

.507

.329

− .106

.317

Informed about equity funds

2.017***

.407

1.479***

.383

Informed about money market account

.665*

.297

.438

.279

Informed about fixed deposit account

.843**

.309

.594*

.290

Owns no bank account

− 2.061***

.595

− 1.630**

.559

Bank account with overdraft

1.170***

.346

1.118***

.326

Bank account without overdraft

.584

.316

.540

.289

No plausible answer to overdraft question

.759

1.060

.438

.950

Owns no credit card

.182

.227

.077

.215

Disposable Income (Upper half of the highest income)

.631*

.271

.335

.251

Rent self-financed

− .399

.383

− .496

.360

Rent family-financed

− .499

.288

− .561*

.271

Rent government-financed

− 1.996***

.583

− 1.488**

.549

Gender (male)

  

1.544***

.223

High school GPA

  

− .918***

.186

Vocational training (none)

  

− 2.394***

.358

Parents’ origin (not German)

  

− 1.819***

.232

R2

.180

 

.293

 

Corrected R2

.169

 

.280

 
  1. N = 1108; * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001