The Level of Financial Literacy: A Lesson from the Village Community in Toba Lake, North Sumatera, Indonesia

Handriyani Dwilita, Pipit Buana Sari, Devita Elyana

Abstract


The research purpose is to investigate the level of financial literacy of village community "Dosroha". The method used in this research is a descriptive method. Data Process using application software SPSS version 17. The result shows that the level of knowledge of financial literacy Dosroha village communities, including in the category is sixty until eighty percent. Based on the financial behavior who desired not appropriate and does not increase consistently. The characteristics of respondents with relatively high financial literacy is the society of female, while the community that have a low financial literacy level is the male. 

 


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5296/ijafr.v7i1.10652

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