Md. Sum, Rabihah and Md. Jadi, Diara and Ramli, Mohmad zahid (2006) Personal financial literacy among Universiti Utara Malaysia students. Project Report. Universiti Utara Malaysia. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

This study surveys 377 Universiti Utara Malaysia students to examine their personal financial literacy; the relationship between the literacy and students' opinions and decisions.Results show that participants answer about 29.6% of questions correctly.Almost all sections of the survey beginning form personal knowledge, savings and borrowing, insurance and investment receive a very low average on correct answers (those under the 60% category).The insurance section receives the lowest mean correct response of only 20.4%.It is concluded that the overall UUM students have a very low level of knowledge about personal finance.The low level of knowledge will limit their ability to make informed decisions.

Item Type:	Monograph (Project Report)
Additional Information:	Kod S/O: 11571
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HG Finance
Divisions:	College of Business
Depositing User:	Mrs. Norazmilah Yaakub
Date Deposited:	11 Jun 2013 01:08
Last Modified:	11 Jun 2013 01:08
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/7751

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