Options
Determinants of financial attitudes among secondary school students in Singapore
Citation
Koh, N. K., & Fraser, B. J. (2014, April 3-7). Determinants of financial attitudes among secondary school students in Singapore [Paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Author
Koh, Noi Keng
•
Fraser, Barry J.
Abstract
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.
Date Issued
April 2014
Description
This paper was presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 3 - 7 Apr 2014