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Student Income And Spending Patterns At Utah State University, Jesse Rodney Dansie

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

A large number of students have entered Cache County to attend Utah State University. These students are of economic significance to Cache County in two ways. First, they are buyers of consumer goods in the Cache County in two ways. First, they are buyers of consumer goods in the Cache Trade Area. Second, they represent a part of the labor forces in Cache County. The magnitude and nature of the economic activity of Utah State University students in Cache County have never been adequately measured.

It is the purpose of this study to develop marketing and economic facts concerning Utah …

Consumer Credit Knowledge And Credit Use In A Selected Group Of Married Student Households At Utah State University, Kay Daun P. Edwards

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Consumer credit has become an area of major importance in the financial planning of most, if not all, families in the United States. In absolute amounts, total consumer credit extended had increased more than 11 times, from $5,665 million to $63,164 million, since the end of World War II to 1962; and total installment credit had increased more than 19 times. During the same period disposable personal income had grown only about 2½ times (15).