Financial behavior and problems among college students in Malaysia: research and education implication
For a majority of students, university attendance is the first time they have experienced financial independence without a parent's supervision. With the expansion of educational services in Malaysia, university or college students have become one of the important consumer market segments, fo...
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| author | Sabri, Mohamad Fazli Othman, Mohd Amin Masud, Jariah Paim, Laily MacDonald, Maurice K. Hira, Tahira |
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| description | For a majority of students, university attendance is the first time they have experienced financial independence
without a parent's supervision. With the expansion of educational services in Malaysia, university or college
students have become one of the important consumer market segments, for two reasons. First, this group has
expanded purchasing power, with easily available educational loans. Second, this student segment of the population
has better potential earnings than any other segment of the population. There has been limited study on financial
behavior and problems among Malaysians, especially college students, since the concern over the role of young
consumers is relatively new. |
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| spelling | upm-147572012-11-28T09:54:13Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14757/ Financial behavior and problems among college students in Malaysia: research and education implication Sabri, Mohamad Fazli Othman, Mohd Amin Masud, Jariah Paim, Laily MacDonald, Maurice K. Hira, Tahira For a majority of students, university attendance is the first time they have experienced financial independence without a parent's supervision. With the expansion of educational services in Malaysia, university or college students have become one of the important consumer market segments, for two reasons. First, this group has expanded purchasing power, with easily available educational loans. Second, this student segment of the population has better potential earnings than any other segment of the population. There has been limited study on financial behavior and problems among Malaysians, especially college students, since the concern over the role of young consumers is relatively new. 2008 Article PeerReviewed Sabri, Mohamad Fazli and Othman, Mohd Amin and Masud, Jariah and Paim, Laily and MacDonald, Maurice and K. Hira, Tahira (2008) Financial behavior and problems among college students in Malaysia: research and education implication. Consumer Interests Annual, 54. pp. 167-170. College students — Economic conditions College students - Conduct of life - Malaysia English |
| spellingShingle | College students — Economic conditions College students - Conduct of life - Malaysia Sabri, Mohamad Fazli Othman, Mohd Amin Masud, Jariah Paim, Laily MacDonald, Maurice K. Hira, Tahira Financial behavior and problems among college students in Malaysia: research and education implication |
| title | Financial behavior and problems among college students in Malaysia: research and education implication |
| title_full | Financial behavior and problems among college students in Malaysia: research and education implication |
| title_fullStr | Financial behavior and problems among college students in Malaysia: research and education implication |
| title_full_unstemmed | Financial behavior and problems among college students in Malaysia: research and education implication |
| title_short | Financial behavior and problems among college students in Malaysia: research and education implication |
| title_sort | financial behavior and problems among college students in malaysia: research and education implication |
| topic | College students — Economic conditions College students - Conduct of life - Malaysia |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14757/ |