 Attitudes to money in a random sample of adults: Factor analysis of the MAS and MBBS scales, and correlations with demographic variablesPaul Morgan Baker and Robert B. Hagedorn Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2008, vol. 37, issue 5, 1803-1814 Abstract: A factor analysis of the two major scales measuring attitudes toward money (Yamauchi and Templer's MAS, and Furnham's MBBS), using a random sample of 200 adults in a large Canadian city, showed the MAS to be remarkably invariant in its factor structure: power-prestige, planning-saving, frugality-distrust, and anxiety seem to be the four most important underlying dimensions of attitudes and reported behaviors. The MBBS did not replicate: the original factors did not emerge, and other analyses did not yield interpretable results. A factor analysis of items from the MAS and MBBS combined produced a reliable and meaningful four-factor solution nearly identical to the MAS scale. Correlations with age, sex, income, and education were mostly consistent with previous research: income was negatively correlated with frugality and anxiety, and positively related to planning. Age had the strongest correlations with the four factors. Keywords: Attitudes; Money; Measurement (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:soceco:v:37:y:2008:i:5:p:1803-1814 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics) is currently edited by Pablo Brañas Garza More articles in Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics) from Elsevier |
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