Title
Credit Characteristics, Credit Engagement Tools, and Financial Well-Being
Document Type
Issue/Research Brief/Blog
Publication Date
9-2019
Keywords
general population, financial status and behavior
Abstract
This report presents results from a joint research study between the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Credit Karma. The purpose of the study is to examine how consumers’ subjective financial well-being relates to objective measures of consumers’ financial health, specifically, consumers’ credit report characteristics. The study also seeks to relate consumers’ subjective financial well-being to consumers’ engagement with financial information through educational tools.