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Wave 1 focused on the students’ available resources: family background, parental roles, and financial socialization while growing up at home and during the first-year in college; their current understanding of personal finance (e.g., financial knowledge, attitude, behaviors); and multiple dimensions of well-being (e.g., academic, psychological, physical).

The APLUS sample includes 2,098 first-year students enrolled at the University of Arizona in Spring 2008. Click here to see Wave 1 Summary or download a copy of the APLUS Final Report here.

Following are some preliminary statistics for Wave 1.5, which was conducted in Spring 2009 to examine how the recent economic crisis affected the finances and well-being of a subsample of APLUS students:
748 students completed the survey.
Mean GPA: 3.3051  (Figure 1: GPA.pdf)
Males: 34.5%            (Figure 2: Gender.pdf)
Females: 65.5%
In-state: 71.8%         (Figure 3: Students.pdf)
Out-of-state: 24.9%
International: 3.3%
More information about Wave 1.5 can be obtained by contacting Dr. Joyce Serido at aplus@cals.arizona.edu.

Save the Date! - Second annual APLUS forum is scheduled for November 18, 2009.