ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN'> <html><head><title>Title Page</title><meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset=iso-8859-1'><style type='text/css'>h1 { margin:0px 0px 0px 0px; padding:0px; font-size:large; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align:center; color:#000; }h2 { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; }h2.myclass { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; text-align:center;}h3 { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; }h3.myclass { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; text-align:center;}h4 { font-size:x-large; font-family:garamond, serif; color:#09f; text-align:center; margin:0px 0px 5px 0px; padding:0px;}h5 { font-size:13px; font-family:verdana, arial,sans-serif; font-weight:600; margin:0px 0px 5px 50px; padding:0px;}i.myclass{color:#07a;}</style></head><body> <H1> Financial Capability Baseline Survey, 2005 </H1> <H3 class='myclass'> UKDA study number:5697</h3> <H2 class='myclass'>Principal Investigator</H2> <H3 class='myclass'> Financial Services Authority<br> </H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Data Collector</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>British Market Research Bureau<br></H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Sponsor</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>Financial Services Authority<br></H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Distributed by</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.</H3> <H3 class='myclass'> August 2007 </H3> <div style='page-break-before:always'></div> <H1>&nbsp;</H1><H1>Bibliographic Citation</H1> <H5> All works which use or refer to these materials should acknowledge these sources by means of bibliographic citation. To ensure that such source attributions are captured for bibliographic indexes, citations must appear in footnotes or in the reference section of publications. The bibliographic citation for this data collection is: </h5> <H5> Financial Services Authority, <i> Financial Capability Baseline Survey, 2005</i> [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], August 2007. SN: 5697, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-5697-1. </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1 >Acknowledgement</h1> <h5> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials, should acknowledge the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive, and to acknowledge Crown Copyright where appropriate. <br> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials should carry a statement that the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive bear no responsibility for their further analysis or interpretation. </h5><H5>&nbsp;</H5> <h5><b>Copyright: </b><br> Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queens Printer for Scotland </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1>Disclaimer</H1> <h5> Although all efforts are made to ensure the quality of the materials, neither the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections, nor the UK Data Archive bear any responsibility for the accuracy or comprehensiveness of these materials.<br> </h5><h5>&nbsp;</h5><h5>All rights reserved. No part of these materials may be reproduced, stored in, or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the UK Data Archive.<br><br>UK Data Archive<br> University of Essex<br> Wivenhoe Park<br> Colchester<br> Essex C04 3SQ<br> United Kingdom<br>www.data-archive.ac.uk <br><br> </h5> <h2 style='page-break-before:always'> 5697 . Financial Capability Baseline Survey, 2005<br> </h2><h3>&nbsp;</h3> <h3>Depositor:</h3> <h5>Financial Services Authority</h5> <h3>Principal Investigator:</h3> <h5>Financial Services Authority</h5> <H3>Data Collector:</H3> <H5>British Market Research Bureau<br></H5> <H3>Sponsor:</H3><H5> Financial Services Authority<br> </H5> <h3> Abstract: </h3> <h5>This research study was commissioned by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) to provide a baseline measure of the levels of financial capability in the United Kingdom. The survey was able to identify people's relative strengths and weaknesses across five financial capability 'domains'. Findings from the survey were used to describe the types of people most likely to display higher or lower levels of financial capability and provide a deep insight into consumer financial behaviour and attitudes.<br></h5><h3>Main Topics:</h3><h5>Topics covered in the questionaire include money management (making ends meet and keeping track of finances), forward planning, financial and product choices, mortgages, insurance and protection, savings, investments, credit cards, loans, financial advice and help, knowledge of money matters, and demographic information.</h5> <h3>Coverage: </h3><h5> <br><i class='myclass'>Dates of Fieldwork: </i> June 2005 - September 2005 <br><i class='myclass'>Country: </i> United Kingdom <br><i class='myclass'>Spatial Units: </i> Government Office Regions (GORs) <br><i class='myclass'>Observation Units: </i> Individuals; Families/households <br><i class='myclass'>Kind of Data: </i> Numeric data; Individual (micro) level </h5> <h3>Universe Sampled: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Location of Units of Observation:</i> National <br><i class='myclass'>Population:</i> Adults resident in the United Kingdom during 2005. </h5> <h3>Methodology: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Time Dimensions: </i> Cross-sectional (one-time) study<br> It is hoped the survey may be repeated in future. <br><i class='myclass'>Sampling Procedures: </i> Quota sample<br> Random location quota sample: see methodological report for details. <br><i class='myclass'>Number of Units:</i> 5,328 cases. <br><i class='myclass'>Method of Data Collection: </i> Face-to-face interview <br><i class='myclass'>Weighting: </i> Weighting used. See documentation for details. </h5><h3>Language(s) of Written Materials: </h3> <h5>Study Description: English<br>Study Documentation: English<br></h5> <h3>Access: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Access Conditions: </i> The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See <a href='http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/orderingdata/termsandConditions.asp'>terms and conditions</a> for further information. <br><i class='myclass'>Availability: </i> ESDS Access and Preservation, UK Data Archive <br><i class='myclass'>Contact: </i></b> Help desk: help@esds.ac.uk<br> </h5> <h3>Date of First Release:</h3><h5> 22 August 2007<br></h5> <h3> Copyright: </h3> <h5>Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queens Printer for Scotland</h5> <br><br> <h3> File last updated: </h3> <h5>31 October 2011</h5> </body></html>