Credit card statistics: Most parents financially support their adult kids

By Juan Rodriguez

A May 2011 survey finds 59 percent of parents are providing, or have provided, financial support to their adult children when they've finished school. The graphic below shows some of the ways parents are supporting their grown childen, according to the survey from the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE), in cooperation with Forbes.com.

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Published: June 21, 2011

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