Financial education in university students

Authors

  • Leonardo Beltrán Pinto Corporación Universitaria del Caribe
  • Efraín Gómez Martínez Corporación Universitaria del Caribe

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17981/econcuc.38.2.2017.08

Keywords:

welfare, Financial education, environment, appropriate behaviors, Chi-Square.

Abstract

The financial management affects the well-being sustained people, making it necessary to have financial skills suitable for this purpose. Using the Chi-square test (X 2), this study analyzed 200 University students of middle grades (V and VI semester), the level of financial education and its relationship with other socio-economic variables. It was found that significant relationships between them, there were no except with age. No relationship was found between the level of financial literacy and be studying a program associated with the economics.

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Published

2017-10-25

How to Cite

Beltrán Pinto, L., & Gómez Martínez, E. (2017). Financial education in university students. ECONÓMICAS CUC, 38(2), 101–112. https://doi.org/10.17981/econcuc.38.2.2017.08

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Vol. 38 No. 2 (2017)

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