DETERMINATION OF ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS RELATED TO FINANCIAL LITERACY: A RESEARCH ON STUDENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT
FİNANSAL OKURYAZARLIĞA İLİŞKİN TUTUM VE DAVRANIŞLARIN BELİRLENMESİ: SAĞLIK YÖNETİMİ BÖLÜMÜ ÖĞRENCİLERİ ÜZERİNE BİR ARAŞTIRMA

Author : Pınar DOĞANAY PAYZİNER
Number of pages : 432-452

Abstract

Financial literacy is the degree of having the financial knowledge that will enable people to analyze incomes and expenditures consciously and to give the right financial decisions in managing their financial situations by directing their savings to the right investments and choosing the right debt instruments, and of having the ability to display positive attitudes and behaviors in implementing these decisions. In this study it is aimed to determine the financial literacy related attitudes and behaviors of Ankara University Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Healthcare Management students’ in four dimensions “perception, interest, expenditure, and attitude”. The results of the study show that there are statistically significant differences in interest according to gender, in perception and interest according to class, in interest and attitudes according to age, in attitude according to mother’s level of education, in expenditure according to father’s level of education. When the score averages of the students have been analyzed, it is determined that the score averages of perception, interest and expenditure dimensions were higher in students that have taken a finance course.

Keywords

Financial Literacy, Financial Attitude, Financial Behavior

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