Asset accumulation among low-income rural families: Assessing financial capital as a component of community capitals

Paulette Meikle, Leslie Green-Pimentel and Hui Liew

Community Development, 2018, vol. 49, issue 2, 124-144

Abstract: Using data from a 2012–2013 empirical study, this article examines financial practices and attitudes toward accumulation of assets among low-income rural families in a county in Mississippi. It dissects “asset accumulation” as an often-ignored facet of the financial component of the Community Capitals Framework. The analysis also examines financial capital creation strategies used by local institutions. The article presents a new theoretical framework for understanding and predicting asset accumulation processes among low-income rural families and resulting community progress. Findings show asset accumulation among low-income rural women and families is hindered by a number of individual and institutional factors. However, a culture of fiscal household responsibility and asset accumulation can be created among women and low-income families. When this occurs, community financial capital as a multiplier effect can be anticipated, which will temporally increase other forms of community capital and progress community.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/15575330.2017.1422529

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