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Kids Desire Financial Education But Don't Get It, Survey Finds

More teenagers want financial education than are able to get it, according to a recent survey.

By David Morrison | Updated on July 24, 2007

MCLEAN, Va. — More teenagers want financial education than are able to get it, according to a recent survey.

According to Capital One’s 7th annual back-to-school spending survey, 52% of teenagers surveyed want to learn how to manage money and 80% believe doing so would help them in the future. At the same time the survey found that 86% of the teenagers surveyed have never taken a personal finance class in school and 35% want their parents to teach them.

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