Data Source Table

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Office of Financial Education and Financial Access Assessing Financial Capability Outcomes (AFCO) Pilot

Data Source Table

OMB: 1505-0242

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The following table outlines the adult pilot data collection and sources:

Data Source

Account Use (outcomes)

Financial Well-Being (outcomes)

Additional Data Points (controls)

Bank data



up to 12 months

  • Number of monthly transactions

  • Account longevity

  • Use of direct deposit

  • Average monthly balance

  • Number of returned (bounced) checks



Credit reports



baseline, 6 months, 12 months


  • Debt levels

  • Delinquencies

  • Percent use of available revolving credit

  • Take up of other affordable, mainstream financial products or services (e.g. establishing credit)


Intake survey



baseline


  • Financial attitudes

  • Financial behavior

  • Baseline banking status

  • Banking history

  • Demographics

Follow-up survey



approximately 6 and 12months


  • Financial knowledge (knowledge assessments)

  • Financial attitudes (e.g. future orientation, perceived financial well- being, sense of financial control and satisfaction)

  • Financial behavior (e.g. use of alternative financial services, saving behavior)


POP administrative data



up to 6-months



  • Demographics

  • Employment information

  • Income information

  • Benefits information

  • POP start and end date

  • POP start and end date

Financial Empowerment Center administrative data



up to 24 months



  • Number of counseling sessions

  • Service plans

  • Milestones achieved




The following table outlines data collection and sources for the youth pilot:



Data source

Outcomes

Additional data points (controls)

Student assessments



Pre-/post-intervention

  • Financial knowledge

  • Financial attitudes

  • Financial


School District



baseline


  • School-level Demographics

RCU data



Duration of study period

  • Whether the student has an RCU account

  • Date account was opened

  • Number of deposits and withdrawals over the study period

  • Dollar amount of deposits over the study period

  • Prizes redeemed by each student for deposits over the study period


  • Whether the student is an RCU teller in their school1


Bank data (replication of pilot in Amarillo, TX)

  • Whether the student has or opened an account

  • Date account was opened

  • Number of deposits and withdrawals over the study period

  • Dollar amount of deposits over the study period

  • Whether the student was offered an account opening incentive





1 Student tellers are “hired” by RCU to assist staff in processing transactions and marketing accounts to students.

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