Open AccessSome Insights Into Financial Literacy Among Undergraduate Students: A Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Author(s) -
Jasmina Okičić,
Meldina Kokorović Jukan,
Mensur Herić
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of financial research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1923-4031
pISSN - 1923-4023
DOI - 10.5430/ijfr.v12n3p103
Subject(s) - financial literacy , finance , sample (material) , psychology , exploratory research , nonprobability sampling , exploratory factor analysis , financial analysis , business , sociology , social science , developmental psychology , population , chemistry , demography , chromatography , psychometrics
The purpose of this research is to provide some insights into financial literacy among undergraduate students focusing primarily on the relationship between financial knowledge, financial attitudes and financial behavior and on possible gender and financial education gap in financial literacy. Using the purposive sampling technique, data collection was carried out from April to June 2020, yielding a sample of 1,046 valid responses. To gain a better understanding of the relationship between financial behaviour, financial attitudes and financial knowledge, we, primarily, use exploratory factor analysis and multiple regression model. The research findings have revealed several important issues. First, findings have suggested that financial knowledge, financial attitudes and gender may be considered as an antecedent of the financial behaviour of undergraduate students. Second, findings have also suggested a statistically - significant difference between the financial literacy of undergraduate students concerning their exposure to formal financial education.