Financial education, interaction with parents and other factors related to the use of credit cards by accounting students

Purpose: To identify the factors related to the use of credit cards by students of the Accounting Sciences course. Methodology: It was adopted the use of questionnaire data applied to students. The study sample comprises students in the face-to-face course modality of higher education institutions i...

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Autores: Silva, Thiago Bruno de Jesus, Lay, Luís Antonio, Sousa, Allison Manoel de, Nogueira, Paula Gracielle Coelho de Paula, Valeretto, Gerson João
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN)
Repositorio:Revista Ambiente Contábil
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.ufrn.br:article/15616
Acesso em linha:https://periodicos.ufrn.br/ambiente/article/view/15616
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Credit Cards. Financial education. Accounting Students
Tarjetas de crédito. Educación Financiera. Estudiantes de Contabilidad.
Cartões de Crédito
Educação Financeira
Estudantes de Contabilidade
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Resumo:Purpose: To identify the factors related to the use of credit cards by students of the Accounting Sciences course. Methodology: It was adopted the use of questionnaire data applied to students. The study sample comprises students in the face-to-face course modality of higher education institutions in the South, Southeast, Midwest and Northeast regions, with 946 respondents. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and ordered logit model. Results: It is evidenced that the majority of the respondents only use a credit card; financial education was negatively significant in the use of credit cards. Financial education is associated with respondents' optimism in financial decision-making. Also, interaction with parents about personal finances is associated with the great possibility of using credit card. Contributions of the Study: Become important to various stakeholders such as students, financial advisors, researchers, educational institutions, parents and other financial socialization agents, once helps to understand the factors that influence the use of credit card. Stakeholders can use the information obtained from this research to address issues related to financial management, financial well-being and bankruptcy, in order to obtain better global financial resources.