Financial literacy among the students of Universiti Utara Malaysia

The objective of this study is to provide evidence of finance literacy among university students of Universiti Utara Malaysia. Data were collected from the students of the Universiti Utara Malaysia using a quantitative survey questionnaire design. The study adopted a systematic random sampling metho...

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Main Author:	Mohammed Mohamud, Abdullahi
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng eng eng
Published:	2019
Subjects:	HG Finance
Online Access:	https://etd.uum.edu.my/8226/1/DEPOSIT%20PERMISSION_s821805.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/8226/2/s821805_01.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/8226/3/821805%20REFERENCES.docx
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spelling	my-uum-etd.82262021-05-10T04:29:09Z Financial literacy among the students of Universiti Utara Malaysia 2019 Mohammed Mohamud, Abdullahi Alam, Md Mahmudul School of Economics, Finance & Banking School of Economics, Finance & Banking HG Finance The objective of this study is to provide evidence of finance literacy among university students of Universiti Utara Malaysia. Data were collected from the students of the Universiti Utara Malaysia using a quantitative survey questionnaire design. The study adopted a systematic random sampling method to collect the data; the selected respondents were from the population of 27,529, students of Universiti Utara Malaysia. A total of 328, questionnaires were returned out of 357 giving a response rate of 91.8%. Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Model (PLS-SEM) algorithm and bootstrap techniques were used to test the hypotheses of study. The findings provide support for most of the hypothesized relationships for the study. Specifically, there is significant positive relationship between family influence, peer group, demographic characteristics (Gender and Income) and financial literacy in Universiti Utara Malaysia. However, demographic characteristics (Study type) have no significant association with financial literacy. The outcome of this study provides significant contributions to parents, students, and researchers for further understanding the relationship between family influence, peer group, demographic characteristics and financial literacy in Universiti Utara Malaysia. The study recommends further research related to this area. 2019 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/8226/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/8226/1/DEPOSIT%20PERMISSION_s821805.pdf text eng staffonly https://etd.uum.edu.my/8226/2/s821805_01.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/8226/3/821805%20REFERENCES.docx text eng public other masters Universiti Utara Malaysia
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advisor	Alam, Md Mahmudul
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description	The objective of this study is to provide evidence of finance literacy among university students of Universiti Utara Malaysia. Data were collected from the students of the Universiti Utara Malaysia using a quantitative survey questionnaire design. The study adopted a systematic random sampling method to collect the data; the selected respondents were from the population of 27,529, students of Universiti Utara Malaysia. A total of 328, questionnaires were returned out of 357 giving a response rate of 91.8%. Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Model (PLS-SEM) algorithm and bootstrap techniques were used to test the hypotheses of study. The findings provide support for most of the hypothesized relationships for the study. Specifically, there is significant positive relationship between family influence, peer group, demographic characteristics (Gender and Income) and financial literacy in Universiti Utara Malaysia. However, demographic characteristics (Study type) have no significant association with financial literacy. The outcome of this study provides significant contributions to parents, students, and researchers for further understanding the relationship between family influence, peer group, demographic characteristics and financial literacy in Universiti Utara Malaysia. The study recommends further research related to this area.
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qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Mohammed Mohamud, Abdullahi
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title	Financial literacy among the students of Universiti Utara Malaysia
title_short	Financial literacy among the students of Universiti Utara Malaysia
title_full	Financial literacy among the students of Universiti Utara Malaysia
title_fullStr	Financial literacy among the students of Universiti Utara Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Financial literacy among the students of Universiti Utara Malaysia
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granting_institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
granting_department	School of Economics, Finance & Banking
publishDate	2019
url	https://etd.uum.edu.my/8226/1/DEPOSIT%20PERMISSION_s821805.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/8226/2/s821805_01.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/8226/3/821805%20REFERENCES.docx
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Financial literacy among the students of Universiti Utara Malaysia

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