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This article is about the experience of financial anxiety and how it differs among first-generation college students and their peers.

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Increasingly, first-generation college students are pursuing higher education. Prior research has shown that their experience may differ from that of those whose parents or grandparents hold college degrees. This study sheds light on some of the unique financial aspects of being the first from one's family to attend college.

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This page is a summary of: Financial Anxiety Among College Students: The Role of Generational Status, Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, March 2020, Springer Publishing Company,
DOI: 10.1891/jfcp-17-00033.
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