Special Reports

This section contains in-depth reports on issues that affect the debt-stressed population.

The InCharge Education Foundation COPE Scale™

The purpose of this report is to describe the InCharge Institute Financial Distress/Financial Wellness Scale and to report national standards (norms) on financial distress and well-being produced using the procedure.

Financing Everyday Life: Anxieties of the Debt Distressed

This report examines the extent to which the debt distressed and the general population worry about meeting their monthly living expenses.

1st Quarter 2005 ICEF Phone Survey

Findings from the first in an ongoing series of Quarterly National Phone Surveys, sponsored by the InCharge Education Foundation.

Personal Bankruptcy Filings: A Regional Look

A look at personal bankruptcy filings at the state and regional levels and some possible reasons for the differences in the regionalized levels of filings.