November 20, 2012
The data speaks for itself
The myth of feckless youth which does not understand the value of money should be laid to rest, new research from online deposit bank RaboDirect suggests.
The overwhelming majority of young Kiwis do not believe in long-term financial planning and most give no thought to budgeting.
In both cases the actual stories are better than the leads would suggest.
Thomas Lumley (@tslumley) is Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Auckland. His research interests include semiparametric models, survey sampling, statistical computing, foundations of statistics, and whatever methodological problems his medical collaborators come up with. He also blogs at Biased and Inefficient See all posts by Thomas Lumley »