Factors predicting financial security of female headed households / Siti Yuliandi Ahmad … [et al.]

In microeconomic perspective, financial security is often linked with the individual level of saving, the ability to meet the emergency, an adequate fund during retirement and the stability of income. Current macro economic volatility caused several consequences and indirectly affect on consumer sav...

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Main Authors: Ahmad, Siti Yuliandi, Sabri, Mohamad Fazli, Abd Rahim, Husniyah, Osman, Syuhaily
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA Selangor 2017
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32222/
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author Ahmad, Siti Yuliandi
Sabri, Mohamad Fazli
Abd Rahim, Husniyah
Osman, Syuhaily
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Sabri, Mohamad Fazli
Abd Rahim, Husniyah
Osman, Syuhaily
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description In microeconomic perspective, financial security is often linked with the individual level of saving, the ability to meet the emergency, an adequate fund during retirement and the stability of income. Current macro economic volatility caused several consequences and indirectly affect on consumer saving and spending. Additionally, with a higher cost of living influenced consumers consumption especially among female-headed households with a number of dependents and dual domestic/work roles. This study investigates the relationships between financial strains, selfcoping mechanisms, financial literacy, financial practices and financial security. A cross-sectional study of multistage random sampling has been used in the data collection. A structured questionnaire used in the survey method to collect data from 521 female-headed households from six single mothers associations in Malaysia. The results predicted that financial strains, self-coping mechanisms, financial literacy and financial practices explained 42.3% of the variance in financial security. The two strongest predictors are the self-coping mechanisms and financial practices. The implications of findings for policy makers, single mothers associations and financial practitioners were discussed.
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spelling uitm-322222020-07-14T04:45:21Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32222/ Factors predicting financial security of female headed households / Siti Yuliandi Ahmad … [et al.] jeeir Ahmad, Siti Yuliandi Sabri, Mohamad Fazli Abd Rahim, Husniyah Osman, Syuhaily Personal finance. Financial literacy In microeconomic perspective, financial security is often linked with the individual level of saving, the ability to meet the emergency, an adequate fund during retirement and the stability of income. Current macro economic volatility caused several consequences and indirectly affect on consumer saving and spending. Additionally, with a higher cost of living influenced consumers consumption especially among female-headed households with a number of dependents and dual domestic/work roles. This study investigates the relationships between financial strains, selfcoping mechanisms, financial literacy, financial practices and financial security. A cross-sectional study of multistage random sampling has been used in the data collection. A structured questionnaire used in the survey method to collect data from 521 female-headed households from six single mothers associations in Malaysia. The results predicted that financial strains, self-coping mechanisms, financial literacy and financial practices explained 42.3% of the variance in financial security. The two strongest predictors are the self-coping mechanisms and financial practices. The implications of findings for policy makers, single mothers associations and financial practitioners were discussed. Universiti Teknologi MARA Selangor 2017-01 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32222/1/AJ_SITI%20YULIANDI%20AHMAD%20JEEIR%20B%2017.pdf Ahmad, Siti Yuliandi and Sabri, Mohamad Fazli and Abd Rahim, Husniyah and Osman, Syuhaily (2017) Factors predicting financial security of female headed households / Siti Yuliandi Ahmad … [et al.]. (2017) Journal of Emerging Economies and Islamic Research (JEEIR) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Journal_of_Emerging_Economies_and_Islamic_Research_=28JEEIR=29.html>, 5 (1). pp. 1-14. ISSN 2289-2559 https://journal.uitm.edu.my/ojs/index.php/JEEIR/
spellingShingle Personal finance. Financial literacy
Ahmad, Siti Yuliandi
Sabri, Mohamad Fazli
Abd Rahim, Husniyah
Osman, Syuhaily
Factors predicting financial security of female headed households / Siti Yuliandi Ahmad … [et al.]
title Factors predicting financial security of female headed households / Siti Yuliandi Ahmad … [et al.]
title_full Factors predicting financial security of female headed households / Siti Yuliandi Ahmad … [et al.]
title_fullStr Factors predicting financial security of female headed households / Siti Yuliandi Ahmad … [et al.]
title_full_unstemmed Factors predicting financial security of female headed households / Siti Yuliandi Ahmad … [et al.]
title_short Factors predicting financial security of female headed households / Siti Yuliandi Ahmad … [et al.]
title_sort factors predicting financial security of female headed households / siti yuliandi ahmad … [et al.]
topic Personal finance. Financial literacy
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32222/
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32222/