Financial Literacy Among American Indians and Alaska Natives

by John L. Murphy, Alicia Gourd, and Faith Begay
Research and Statistics Note No. 2014-04 (released August 2014)
Table equivalent for Chart. Financial literacy score differentials, by race: A comparison with whites (in percent)
Question AIAN Black Asian
1 0 1 13
2 -28 -2 1
3 -4 -1 -8
4 -10 -2 6
5 -31 -17 -8
6 -11 -12 2
7 -21 -7 23
8 -2 -10 -2
9 -14 -7 -1
10 -18 -7 -5
11 -20 -17 6
12 -18 -8 -3
13 -21 -5 1
14 -23 -10 7
15 -8 -16 -8
16 -1 -9 6
17 -29 -17 -6
18 -20 -9 5
SOURCE: Authors' derivations based on 2,817 Health and Retirement Study cases, using the 2008 (Module 8) FSIDM questionnaire and associated response data.
NOTES: AIAN = American Indian and Alaska Native; FSIDM = financial sophistication and investment decision making.