MAKING THE CASE FOR FINANCIAL LITERACY— 2009
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A collection of personal finance statistics gathered from other sources.

Financial Literacy Education

Adults and Parents:
1. A 2008 Visa survey of parents with children under 18 revealed that:
• 85% of parents say they talk to their child regularly about money management.
• One-third (34%) say they talk to their child on a daily basis about using their money wisely, three in ten (31%) talk to them at least once a week, 14% at least once a month, and less than one in ten (6%) say a few times a year.
• However, 16% report never talking to their children about using money wisely.

[Visa, Most Parents Talk to Their Kids About Using Money Wisely, Visa Study Finds, August 12, 2008,