Generation Z’s Challenges to Financial Independence: Adolescents’ and Early Emerging Adults’ Perspectives on Their Financial Futures
Jennifer D. Rubin,
Katharine Chen,
Allie Tung
Abstract:This research examines how shared generational challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, shape Generation Z’s perceptions of their financial futures in the United States. We were particularly attentive to young people’s future orientation—an individual’s image of their future—as they developed aspirations, expectations, and plans for attaining financial independence in adulthood. In-depth interviews were conducted with 32 adolescents and early emerging adults (aged 14–22) from Washington State who were divers… Show more
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