Financial education of families of high school students in the Municipality of Herval d’ Oeste

• Autor(a) principal: Rover, Ardinete
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Cevey, Mauricio de Jesus, Mello, Regina Oneda, Lima, Hendy Luci Callegari de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Unoesc & Ciência. ACSA (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unoesc.edu.br/acsa/article/view/20396
• topic: Financial education; High school; Family budget; Educação financeira; Ensino Médio; Orçamento familiar

The present study evaluated the level of knowledge of financial management and consequently the financial education among the families of high school students in the city of Herval do Oeste /SC. The study was an exploratory, qualitative research with resources of the quantitative approaches, with a view to measuring the relevance of aspects related to the knowledge of finance topics. Data were collected through a questionnaire applied to families of high school students, and were tabulated and ordered in tables and tables to enable analysis, based on theoretical and documentary basis. Data analysis techniques were used for qualitative data and descriptive statistics techniques for quantitative data. The results show that a significant number of respondents report not having control of their spending, that is, does not plan. This data associated to the profile of the public surveyed causes concern since the respondents' income is classified in a vulnerable social profile, subject to financial problems.