Financial Literacy and Lifestyle among Housewives

Putri Caturija Sekararum, Dwi Wulandari, Bagus Shandy Narmaditya

2018

Abstract

The study aims to understand how socioeconomic status affects financial literacy and its impact on housewives’ lifestyle. This paper applied quantitative research using path analysis. The data were collected from 97 housewives by using simple random sampling technique in Malang. The findings showed that socioeconomic status affects financial literacy, socioeconomic status also directly influences lifestyle, while financial literacy has no effect on lifestyle. In order to achieve a high level of financial literacy, housewives should improve their education and they have to always motivate the community to be able to increase their understanding of financial literacy. Moreover, there should be more programs in empowering housewives together with the improvement of financial literacy so the welfare can be achieved at a greater level and broader aspects.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Sekararum P., Wulandari D. and Narmaditya B. (2018). Financial Literacy and Lifestyle among Housewives.In Proceedings of the 2nd International Research Conference on Economics and Business - Volume 1: IRCEB, ISBN 978-989-758-428-2, pages 262-266. DOI: 10.5220/0008786302620266

in Bibtex Style

@conference{irceb18,
author={Putri Caturija Sekararum and Dwi Wulandari and Bagus Shandy Narmaditya},
title={Financial Literacy and Lifestyle among Housewives},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Research Conference on Economics and Business - Volume 1: IRCEB,},
year={2018},
pages={262-266},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008786302620266},
isbn={978-989-758-428-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Research Conference on Economics and Business - Volume 1: IRCEB,
TI - Financial Literacy and Lifestyle among Housewives
SN - 978-989-758-428-2
AU - Sekararum P.
AU - Wulandari D.
AU - Narmaditya B.
PY - 2018
SP - 262
EP - 266
DO - 10.5220/0008786302620266