Multivariate Analysis of University Student’s Attitude Towards Financial Management.

Financial problems will arise when an individual does not practice a good financial management. Financial management consists of attitude, behavior, and knowledge in managing the financial. This study was conducted to identify the student's attitude in financial management in Universiti Sul...

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Main Authors: Lukman@Zawawi, Mohamad, Mutia Sobihah, Abd Halim, Azlini, Chik, Normala, Riza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
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Online Access:http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/5900/1/FH02-FSSG-19-23526.pdf
http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/5900/
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Summary:Financial problems will arise when an individual does not practice a good financial management. Financial management consists of attitude, behavior, and knowledge in managing the financial. This study was conducted to identify the student's attitude in financial management in Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA). Students from 10 faculties and a total of 336 respondents were involved in this study. Data collection was conducted to collect information from the respondents during a one-month period. Each information obtained analyzed using the multivariate analysis to identify student's attitude towards their financial management. Through multivariate analysis, a total of 15 question that had been answered by the students, only 3 questionnaires show the most significant answers and varies from all the faculties with p-value < 0.05. One of the identified variables revealed that the usages of credit cards upon helping a person in a financial management were more preferred by most of the respondents. Secondly, most respondents agreed that cash money usage is better than a credit card. Thirdly, respondents were aware of the risk in financial management waits for them in the future.