Factors Affecting Financial Literacy among Undergraduate Students of Accounting Education in the Faculty of Economics of Universitas Negeri Medan

Rini Herliani, Andri Zainal, Roza Thohiri

2018

Abstract

The aim of the research is to explore financial literacy related-aspects among students in the Accounting Education department of Faculty of Economics at Universitas Negeri Medan (UNIMED). The bottom line of this study is that a good financial management requires a good financial knowledge in place. This research aims to help students in developing a complete understanding and knowledge of financial literacy toward implementing the knowledge into their daily personal finance management. The data was analyzed using the logistic regression test indicating that there is a significant effect of financial education, financial, income, experience and family-heritage and demographics on the knowledge investment. Cox and Snell R-Square is 0.706 (70,6%) and Nagelkerke R-Square is 0.a indicating that financial education, financial, income, experience and family-heritage and demographics are good predictors for knowledge investment among students in the Accounting Education department of Faculty of Economics at UNIMED

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Herliani R., Zainal A. and Thohiri R. (2018). Factors Affecting Financial Literacy among Undergraduate Students of Accounting Education in the Faculty of Economics of Universitas Negeri Medan.In Proceedings of the 1st Unimed International Conference on Economics Education and Social Science - Volume 1: UNICEES, ISBN 978-989-758-432-9, pages 120-126. DOI: 10.5220/0009496401200126

in Bibtex Style

@conference{unicees18,
author={Rini Herliani and Andri Zainal and Roza Thohiri},
title={Factors Affecting Financial Literacy among Undergraduate Students of Accounting Education in the Faculty of Economics of Universitas Negeri Medan},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st Unimed International Conference on Economics Education and Social Science - Volume 1: UNICEES,},
year={2018},
pages={120-126},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009496401200126},
isbn={978-989-758-432-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st Unimed International Conference on Economics Education and Social Science - Volume 1: UNICEES,
TI - Factors Affecting Financial Literacy among Undergraduate Students of Accounting Education in the Faculty of Economics of Universitas Negeri Medan
SN - 978-989-758-432-9
AU - Herliani R.
AU - Zainal A.
AU - Thohiri R.
PY - 2018
SP - 120
EP - 126
DO - 10.5220/0009496401200126