Accession Number:

ADA405421

Title:

Assessing the Personal Financial Problems of Junior Enlisted Personnel

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA

Personal Author(s):

• Buddin, Richard
• Do, D. P.

Report Date:

2002-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

71.0

Abstract:

Military life subjects servicemembers and their families to a variety of stresses. These include unexpected deployments, long separations, and isolation from parents and other family members, to name a few. The military services are interested in reducing the source and intensity of the stress affecting their members. Surveys of military personnel show that, particularly for junior personnel, financial problems constitute a major source of stress, subordinate only to increased workload and family separation. The services have a vested interest in reducing the number and type of financial problems their members have because they not only have a negative effect on individual family well-being, but they also can lead to poor job performance. Thus, determining the nature and extent of the financial problems afflicting military personnel and whether these problems differ substantially in type and number from comparable members of civilian society could provide policymakers with important information. At the request of the Department of Defense, the National Defense Research Institute conducted a study to answer these questions.

Descriptors:

• *MILITARY PERSONNEL
• *STRESS(PSYCHOLOGY)
• *FINANCE
• MILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES)
• DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
• DEPLOYMENT
• JOBS
• FAMILY MEMBERS
• CAREERS
• SURVEYS
• SALARIES

Subject Categories:

• Economics and Cost Analysis
• Personnel Management and Labor Relations

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE