Determinants of financial attitudes among secondary-school students in Singapore

We investigated instructional, sex and school-level determinants of students' financial attitudes among 4801 students in 25 secondary schools in Singapore. A two-scale financial attitudes questionnaire was developed to assess students' attitudes to financial management and attitudes to fin...

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Main Authors: Keng, K.N., Fraser, Barry
Format: Journal Article
Published: James Nicholas Publishers, Pty. Ltd. 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23486
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description We investigated instructional, sex and school-level determinants of students' financial attitudes among 4801 students in 25 secondary schools in Singapore. A two-scale financial attitudes questionnaire was developed to assess students' attitudes to financial management and attitudes to financial literacy programs. Data analyses revealed that the attitude questionnaire was valid and reliable when used with these Singaporean school students. A three-way MANOVA for instructional, sex and school-level differences in student attitudes revealed that: students who attended financial literacy programs had significantly more positive attitudes on both scales; females had significantly more positive attitudes to financial literacy programs than did males; and upper-secondary students had more positive attitudes to financial literacy programs than did lower-secondary students.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-234862017-09-13T13:56:21Z Determinants of financial attitudes among secondary-school students in Singapore Keng, K.N. Fraser, Barry secondary schooling learning environment money management financial literacy attitudes We investigated instructional, sex and school-level determinants of students' financial attitudes among 4801 students in 25 secondary schools in Singapore. A two-scale financial attitudes questionnaire was developed to assess students' attitudes to financial management and attitudes to financial literacy programs. Data analyses revealed that the attitude questionnaire was valid and reliable when used with these Singaporean school students. A three-way MANOVA for instructional, sex and school-level differences in student attitudes revealed that: students who attended financial literacy programs had significantly more positive attitudes on both scales; females had significantly more positive attitudes to financial literacy programs than did males; and upper-secondary students had more positive attitudes to financial literacy programs than did lower-secondary students. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23486 10.7459/wse/15.2.03 James Nicholas Publishers, Pty. Ltd. restricted
spellingShingle secondary schooling
learning environment
money management
financial literacy
attitudes
Keng, K.N.
Fraser, Barry
Determinants of financial attitudes among secondary-school students in Singapore
title Determinants of financial attitudes among secondary-school students in Singapore
title_full Determinants of financial attitudes among secondary-school students in Singapore
title_fullStr Determinants of financial attitudes among secondary-school students in Singapore
title_full_unstemmed Determinants of financial attitudes among secondary-school students in Singapore
title_short Determinants of financial attitudes among secondary-school students in Singapore
title_sort determinants of financial attitudes among secondary-school students in singapore
topic secondary schooling
learning environment
money management
financial literacy
attitudes
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23486