Economic literacy among students in Malaysia
Basic knowledge of economy is very important for all community levels regardless of their academic backgrounds. Measuring the economic literacy level among students in Malaysia is important as a benchmark to improve students’ economic literacy. The purpose of this study is to identify the level o...
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| 言語: | English |
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2020
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| オンライン･アクセス: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15834/1/34984-135146-1-PB.pdf http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15834/ http://ejournals.ukm.my/gmjss/issue/view/1306 |
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| 要約: | Basic knowledge of economy is very important for all community levels regardless of their
academic backgrounds. Measuring the economic literacy level among students in Malaysia is
important as a benchmark to improve students’ economic literacy. The purpose of this study is to
identify the level of economic literacy among students in Malaysia. The data used in this study
were collected through surveys. The questions in this economic literacy test were composed
according to Malaysia's own references and added with some demographic information of the
respondents. 400 samples were randomly taken from students which come from different
learning institutions and backgrounds in Malaysia. Next, this data is analyzed using Tobit
regression model. Sigma value in this study is used to determine whether this is a good model or
not. Dependent variable used in this study are the scores in economic literacy tests, while
independent variables are gender, ethnicity, household income, residential location and field of
study. The result of this study found that students in all type of education has low level of
economic literacy. The household income and the field of study was significant and had
influence on the level of economic literacy among students. |
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