Um estudo sobre a vida financeira dos alunos do curso de economia da Universidade do Estado do Amazonas

Abstract

The present work was encouraged by the current economic situation in the country, where a worrying number of people are highly indebted, the population cannot develop the life standard. The question arises: how is the knowledge in personal finance of young Brazilians, how he keeps, plans and uses his money, if Brazil has a good personal finance teaching for our young people? For this purpose, a questionnaire was distributed to the students of the economics course at the University of State of Amazonas, which identifies the economic and financial profile of the students, thus designating statistics that include management, planning and financial control. , one can come to the conclusion on the subject in question, the article aimed to make an analysis of these aspects of the questionnaire to ascertain the students' financial situation. Where it was found that students give importance to consumption habits, mostly, but many can not make their money yield because they have many financial commitments, which limits their budget however, they have the possibility of having more control over their financial lives, since most use some method to calculate their expenses somehow.