How is the COUNTRY Financial Security Index calculated?
The COUNTRY Financial Security Index records in percent form the relative financial security of respondents with 100 percent indicating the highest level of security. For the overall rating, responses are weighted such that life circumstances are made to correlate with commonly accepted financial needs. For example, the financial security rating of married respondents with teenage children would include a factor for college expense preparation while surveys of elderly respondents with no dependants would not.
