Funding and operating models of the debt advice sector
Qualitative interviews and observational research with debt advice stakeholders such as local authorities, housing associations, government bodies and other providers.
Qualitative research is more exploratory, and uses a range of methods like interviews, focus groups and observation to gain a deeper understanding about specific issues - such as people’s experiences, behaviours and attitudes.
Quantitative research uses statistical or numerical analysis of survey data to answer questions about how much, how many, how often or to what extent particular characteristics are seen in a population. It is often used to look at changes over time and can identify relationships between characteristics like people’s attitudes and behaviours.
Topics: Credit Use and Debt
Country/Countries: United Kingdom
Year of publication: 2023
Buy now pay later: a review of the market
A rapid evidence review and survey of users of Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) by the Behavioural Insight Team for MaPS to understand the market, risks and trends, consumer understanding, impact and outcomes.
A comprehensive and replicable review of all relevant studies on a topic with a summary of findings
An indicative review of a sample of relevant studies on a topic with a summary of findings
Topics: Credit Use and Debt
Country/Countries: United Kingdom
Year of publication: 2023
Financial Lives January 2023: rising cost of living
An interim report, based on some additional survey data focusing on the cost of living, published in advance of the main Financial Conduct Authority ‘Financial Lives’ survey report
Qualitative research is more exploratory, and uses a range of methods like interviews, focus groups and observation to gain a deeper understanding about specific issues - such as people’s experiences, behaviours and attitudes.
Quantitative research uses statistical or numerical analysis of survey data to answer questions about how much, how many, how often or to what extent particular characteristics are seen in a population. It is often used to look at changes over time and can identify relationships between characteristics like people’s attitudes and behaviours.
Topics: Budgeting and Keeping Track
Country/Countries: United Kingdom
Year of publication: 2023
Levelling the playing field: building inclusive access to financial services
A study using qualitative research labs, a quantitative survey and analysis of existing survey research to explore access to financial services for people from minority ethnic groups
Qualitative research is more exploratory, and uses a range of methods like interviews, focus groups and observation to gain a deeper understanding about specific issues - such as people’s experiences, behaviours and attitudes.
Quantitative research uses statistical or numerical analysis of survey data to answer questions about how much, how many, how often or to what extent particular characteristics are seen in a population. It is often used to look at changes over time and can identify relationships between characteristics like people’s attitudes and behaviours.
Topics: Financial Capability
Country/Countries: United Kingdom
Year of publication: 2023
Engaging with pensions at timely moments
Focus group research exploring people’s attitudes and behaviour around pensions, saving and retirement planning, within the context of the life course.
Qualitative research is more exploratory, and uses a range of methods like interviews, focus groups and observation to gain a deeper understanding about specific issues - such as people’s experiences, behaviours and attitudes.
Quantitative research uses statistical or numerical analysis of survey data to answer questions about how much, how many, how often or to what extent particular characteristics are seen in a population. It is often used to look at changes over time and can identify relationships between characteristics like people’s attitudes and behaviours.
Topics: Pensions and Retirement Planning
Country/Countries: United Kingdom
Year of publication: 2024
Precautionary tales: Tackling the problem of low saving UK
A review of existing literature and research plus analysis of research statistics to look at the problem of low saving, including pension saving in UK households
A comprehensive and replicable review of all relevant studies on a topic with a summary of findings
An indicative review of a sample of relevant studies on a topic with a summary of findings
Topics: Saving, Pensions and Retirement Planning
Country/Countries: United Kingdom
Year of publication: 2024
The financial wellbeing of disabled people
A study using qualitative focus groups and an online community as well as a quantitative survey to explore financial wellbeing amongst disabled people
Qualitative research is more exploratory, and uses a range of methods like interviews, focus groups and observation to gain a deeper understanding about specific issues - such as people’s experiences, behaviours and attitudes.
Quantitative research uses statistical or numerical analysis of survey data to answer questions about how much, how many, how often or to what extent particular characteristics are seen in a population. It is often used to look at changes over time and can identify relationships between characteristics like people’s attitudes and behaviours.
Topics: Financial Capability
Country/Countries: United Kingdom
Year of publication: 2023
A review and analysis of existing data and qualitative stakeholder interviews to explore financial resilience and make recommendations on how to improve this on a policy-wide level
Qualitative research is more exploratory, and uses a range of methods like interviews, focus groups and observation to gain a deeper understanding about specific issues - such as people’s experiences, behaviours and attitudes.
Quantitative research uses statistical or numerical analysis of survey data to answer questions about how much, how many, how often or to what extent particular characteristics are seen in a population. It is often used to look at changes over time and can identify relationships between characteristics like people’s attitudes and behaviours.
Topics: Saving, Financial Capability
Country/Countries: United Kingdom
Year of publication: 2023
Understanding of FSCS protection
Research by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) to understand how much consumers know about the protection the scheme offers and which financial products and institutions it covers.
Qualitative research is more exploratory, and uses a range of methods like interviews, focus groups and observation to gain a deeper understanding about specific issues - such as people’s experiences, behaviours and attitudes.
Quantitative research uses statistical or numerical analysis of survey data to answer questions about how much, how many, how often or to what extent particular characteristics are seen in a population. It is often used to look at changes over time and can identify relationships between characteristics like people’s attitudes and behaviours.
Topics: Financial Education
Country/Countries: United Kingdom
Year of publication: 2022
A research study with people receiving care and treatment via secondary mental health services as well as experts in the field to understand how mental health affects financial capability.
Qualitative research is more exploratory, and uses a range of methods like interviews, focus groups and observation to gain a deeper understanding about specific issues - such as people’s experiences, behaviours and attitudes.
Quantitative research uses statistical or numerical analysis of survey data to answer questions about how much, how many, how often or to what extent particular characteristics are seen in a population. It is often used to look at changes over time and can identify relationships between characteristics like people’s attitudes and behaviours.
Topics: Financial Capability
Country/Countries: United Kingdom
Year of publication: 2022
A series of online focus groups with money advisors in the UK, about informal and illegal money lending, to understand how damaging problem debt can stay hidden.
Qualitative research is more exploratory, and uses a range of methods like interviews, focus groups and observation to gain a deeper understanding about specific issues - such as people’s experiences, behaviours and attitudes.
Quantitative research uses statistical or numerical analysis of survey data to answer questions about how much, how many, how often or to what extent particular characteristics are seen in a population. It is often used to look at changes over time and can identify relationships between characteristics like people’s attitudes and behaviours.
Topics: Credit Use and Debt
Country/Countries: England, Wales
Year of publication: 2021
A projection from 2019/20 household income data based on a DWP survey, through to 2026/7 showing what economic forecasts will mean for disposable incomes, poverty and inequality.
Qualitative research is more exploratory, and uses a range of methods like interviews, focus groups and observation to gain a deeper understanding about specific issues - such as people’s experiences, behaviours and attitudes.
Quantitative research uses statistical or numerical analysis of survey data to answer questions about how much, how many, how often or to what extent particular characteristics are seen in a population. It is often used to look at changes over time and can identify relationships between characteristics like people’s attitudes and behaviours.
Topics: Saving, Pensions and Retirement Planning, Credit Use and Debt, Budgeting and Keeping Track
Country/Countries: United Kingdom
Year of publication: 2022
Low earners and workplace pension saving – a qualitative study
In-depth interviews with a range of low earners including those who do and don’t save into an EA pension to understand attitudes, opinions and behaviours towards workplace pensions
Qualitative research is more exploratory, and uses a range of methods like interviews, focus groups and observation to gain a deeper understanding about specific issues - such as people’s experiences, behaviours and attitudes.
Quantitative research uses statistical or numerical analysis of survey data to answer questions about how much, how many, how often or to what extent particular characteristics are seen in a population. It is often used to look at changes over time and can identify relationships between characteristics like people’s attitudes and behaviours.
Topics: Pensions and Retirement Planning
Country/Countries: United Kingdom
Year of publication: 2023
Just Coping: A new perspective on low-income families
A literature review followed by ethnographic research and stakeholder shadowing to explore issues faced by low-income families
Qualitative research is more exploratory, and uses a range of methods like interviews, focus groups and observation to gain a deeper understanding about specific issues - such as people’s experiences, behaviours and attitudes.
Quantitative research uses statistical or numerical analysis of survey data to answer questions about how much, how many, how often or to what extent particular characteristics are seen in a population. It is often used to look at changes over time and can identify relationships between characteristics like people’s attitudes and behaviours.
Topics:
Country/Countries: United Kingdom
Year of publication: 2023
Experiences of Young People’s Borrowing
A qualitative study of young people’s experience of borrowing and credit use followed by a hackathon with participants and experts to co-create solutions to improve young people’s financial capability
Qualitative research is more exploratory, and uses a range of methods like interviews, focus groups and observation to gain a deeper understanding about specific issues - such as people’s experiences, behaviours and attitudes.
Quantitative research uses statistical or numerical analysis of survey data to answer questions about how much, how many, how often or to what extent particular characteristics are seen in a population. It is often used to look at changes over time and can identify relationships between characteristics like people’s attitudes and behaviours.
Topics: Credit Use and Debt, Financial Education, Financial Capability
Country/Countries: United Kingdom
Year of publication: 2023
An overview of the results of the annual large-scale CIPD survey exploring health, wellbeing, and absence in UK workplace, including promotion of financial wellbeing.
Qualitative research is more exploratory, and uses a range of methods like interviews, focus groups and observation to gain a deeper understanding about specific issues - such as people’s experiences, behaviours and attitudes.
Quantitative research uses statistical or numerical analysis of survey data to answer questions about how much, how many, how often or to what extent particular characteristics are seen in a population. It is often used to look at changes over time and can identify relationships between characteristics like people’s attitudes and behaviours.
Topics: Financial Education, Financial Capability
Country/Countries: United Kingdom
Year of publication: 2023
The gender pensions gap in private pensions
An analysis by the DWP of existing data on private pensions in the UK which sets out to define the gender pension gap and estimate the size of the inequality between male and female pension provision
Qualitative research is more exploratory, and uses a range of methods like interviews, focus groups and observation to gain a deeper understanding about specific issues - such as people’s experiences, behaviours and attitudes.
Quantitative research uses statistical or numerical analysis of survey data to answer questions about how much, how many, how often or to what extent particular characteristics are seen in a population. It is often used to look at changes over time and can identify relationships between characteristics like people’s attitudes and behaviours.
Topics: Pensions and Retirement Planning
Country/Countries: England, Scotland, Wales
Year of publication: 2023
From Drained and Desperate to Affluent and Apathetic
A survey and segmentation of UK consumers looking at impact of and responses to the increased cost of living, conducted by consumer organisation Which?
Qualitative research is more exploratory, and uses a range of methods like interviews, focus groups and observation to gain a deeper understanding about specific issues - such as people’s experiences, behaviours and attitudes.
Quantitative research uses statistical or numerical analysis of survey data to answer questions about how much, how many, how often or to what extent particular characteristics are seen in a population. It is often used to look at changes over time and can identify relationships between characteristics like people’s attitudes and behaviours.
Topics: Saving, Credit Use and Debt
Country/Countries: United Kingdom
Year of publication: 2023
Disability price tag 2023: the extra cost of disability
Analysis by disability equality charity Scope of existing data sources to calculate the additional costs incurred by households with one or disabled person.
Qualitative research is more exploratory, and uses a range of methods like interviews, focus groups and observation to gain a deeper understanding about specific issues - such as people’s experiences, behaviours and attitudes.
Quantitative research uses statistical or numerical analysis of survey data to answer questions about how much, how many, how often or to what extent particular characteristics are seen in a population. It is often used to look at changes over time and can identify relationships between characteristics like people’s attitudes and behaviours.
Topics: Financial Capability
Country/Countries: United Kingdom
Year of publication: 2023
Personalised Guidance - Helping You Take Better Decisions
A qualitative exploration followed by a quantitative experiment using a randomised controlled trial to understand the impact of personalised guidance on decision making about pensions
Qualitative research is more exploratory, and uses a range of methods like interviews, focus groups and observation to gain a deeper understanding about specific issues - such as people’s experiences, behaviours and attitudes.
Quantitative research uses statistical or numerical analysis of survey data to answer questions about how much, how many, how often or to what extent particular characteristics are seen in a population. It is often used to look at changes over time and can identify relationships between characteristics like people’s attitudes and behaviours.
Topics: Pensions and Retirement Planning
Country/Countries: United Kingdom
Year of publication: 2023
