This experiment compares two ways of asking couples about their financial management and perception of money ownership. The first condition asks only about how joint expenses are shared, with a response option included about shared money. The second condition consists of eight questions surrounding management and perceptions of money in the relationship, all measured on a five-point, fully labelled scale ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree. Random allocation to treatment occurred at the household level with an equal 50/50 split. The controlling variable for this experiment is:
ff_jointfinw10 in record j_hhsamp_ip:
1 Joint Finance Experiment Group 1 (Single Question)
2 Joint Finance Experiment Group 2 (Eight Questions)
The variables used for this experiment are in record j_indresp_ip:
shareexp, moneyrelat, moneybelong, moneygives, moneynow, moneyexpense, moneyborrow, moneyseparate, moneyequal
