ABSTRACT
Using logistic regression analysis, this study finds that owners of credit cards are likely to use a credit monitoring service, and that ownership of credit card is more likely as age increases. Credit card ownership is not found to be related to education, race, marital status, children living at home, religion, finance confidence, and motivation to learn about money. Using multiple regression analysis, this study also finds that the number of active credit cards is related to knowledge of free credit reports (positive), working in the financial sector (negative), number of children living at home (positive), religion (Protestants, Catholics, Mormons, and Friends having more active cards), and females having more active credit cards than males. Using multiple regression analysis, the study finds that the number of credit cards used regularly is related to race (Hispanics use more than Whites), religion, gender (females use more than males), age (positive), financial confidence (negative), motivation to learn more about finance (positive), control of household finances (negative), last time of credit report review (negative), and financial training (negative).
Keywords
Credit card ownership and card usage; demographic, financial, and psychological factors; logistic, and multiple regression