Hábitos financeiros de universitários: estudo em três instituições de ensino superior de massa de São Paulo

Abstract

This study deals with the financial habits of college students, studying in Mass Higher Education Institutions. The aim was to ascertain the financial knowledge and financial practice of university students who attend three mass universities in São Paulo - SP. The study included 426 students who responded to the questionnaire. As noted in the study, the sample did not show a homogeneous behavior and also provided some evidence of the use of principles of financial education, such as the invoice conference credit cards held by 62.44% of young people, 62.91% have routine to pay the bills on time and 66.9% have the habit of comparing prices before making a purchase, however they also have contrary characteristics to these principles as no comparison in interest rates between the forward options, identified in 56.34% of the sample, 50.46% had a tendency to make impulse purchases, which shows strong evidence of non-literacy of mass university students. It is still possible to observe a significant percentage of young people who show the margin of use of the principles of financial education, they present contrary habits such as the use of overdraft limit found in 11.03%, the third party the name of the loan reported by 28% of respondents and the incidence of 30.04% already had their name registered in the credit protection services. The work is relevant to managers of the surveyed educational institutions, as this could guide them in implementing financial education programs for students, to make them more qualified young people for making financial decisions, contributing to the reduction of evasion and delinquency of these students since they began to plan their spending and to distribute their income according to your personal demands.