Testing a Model of Financial Well-Being
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porter1990 - p. 103
PASTINPX. The responses for variables 95 through 109 were summed and then the sum was divided by 15 to create a single variable PASTINDX (Appendix I) for each respondent with complete data {N • 466). The index ranged from a low score of I.I to a high score of 3.0. Using raw data, the mean was determined to be 2.4 with a standard deviation of 0.4.
porter1990 - p. 134
he evaluated attributes of the respondents’ financial situation compared to five years ago and compared to two years ago were combined into a single measure for each respondent, the PASTINDX. This single measure of past financial experiences was utilized with the PEERINDX and the INSIN0X to make up the evaluated attribute group in the empirical test of the model.