Relationship Between The Financial Literacy and Spending Habits of Grade 12 Iloilo National High School Students
Relationship Between The Financial Literacy and Spending Habits of Grade 12 Iloilo National High School Students
Relationship between the Financial Literacy and Spending Habits of Grade 12 Iloilo
National High School Students
A RESEARCH PAPER
Presented to
MRS. YOLLY B. SUERTE
Faculty, Senior High School
ILOILO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
In Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements in Practical Research 2
(Quantitative Research)
ABM 11 – A
August 2019
Luna St., La Paz, Iloilo City, 5000 Philippines
Telefax: (033) 320-0846 E-mail: [email protected]
Chapter 1
At present, students are struggling on how to budget their money due to multiple
reasons, which include high inflation rate, insufficient allowance, temptations, peer
pressure, financial illiteracy, and many more. Due to this, they end up having little to no
savings at all. Scholarly institutions have big roles in developing the well being of an
individual. This is in line with the development of educational curricula that focus on the
development of active citizenship (Amagir, Groot, den Brink, and Wilschut, 2017).
Currently, schools offer business and finance-related subjects for some college students
and senior high school (SHS) students taking up Accountancy, Business, and
Management (ABM) Strand only. Unfortunately, non-ABM Strand, junior high school,
and elementary students do not have these subjects that can somehow improve their
financial literacy. However, learners are still financially illiterate because these subjects
are only focused on theories and the technical side of the lesson, not specifically on the
One of the many solutions that can help learners budget their financial resources
decisions is their level of financial literacy. With this, students would be more educated
and able to understand how money works, as well as possess the necessary skills and
spending, saving, and investing money. Financial literacy can be seen as an investment
finances. In the context of finances and money, it is very important to be prompt with
bills and financial obligations making sure that these are well maintained and paid up to
date; literacy in the field of finances would either have a positive or negative impact in
being a citizen. Being financially literate means having good spending habits that leads
to making informed and effective monetary decisions without much thought and regret in
the end.
In this study, the researchers wanted to find out the relationship that exists
General Objectives
literacy and spending habits of Grade 12 Iloilo National High School (INHS) students
Specific Objectives
Iloilo National High School- They can see how well the learners have grasped the
Teachers- This study will provide insights on the effectiveness of the teaching
Parents- Parents will be able to know how their children spend daily, and how
Students- Students can learn to practice good spending habits, and apply their
Future Researchers- This study can provide useful information for future studies.
Luna St., La Paz, Iloilo City, 5000 Philippines
Telefax: (033) 320-0846 E-mail: [email protected]
Definition of Terms
The following terms were defines as how they were used in the study:
including topics related to managing personal finance, money and investing. (Kenton,
2019)
In this study, this refers to the capacity of the students that will determine the
Spending habits. The amount that individuals and households spend on goods and
services such as food, alcohol, clothing and health care and the frequency at which they
In this study, this refers to the quantifiable behavior of students that will be
In this study, this refers to how students allocate their allowances to pay for their
daily expenses.
Luna St., La Paz, Iloilo City, 5000 Philippines
Telefax: (033) 320-0846 E-mail: [email protected]
between the financial literacy and spending habits of Grade 12 INHS students.
The research will use survey questionnaires with detailed questions pertaining to
the students’ daily or weekly allowances and their average spending per week. It will also
research teacher will review the data-gathering tool and authenticate its validity. This
study will be conducted in Iloilo National High School during the months of August until
October. The research sample will be composed of one hundred (100) randomly selected
students, from the different strands and tracks. The study will be carried out through the
use of survey questions as a means of determining the financial literacy and spending
habits of the respondents. The research data will be based on the level of financial
literacy and average spending of the respondents. The study will be limited to Grade 12
students of INHS.
Luna St., La Paz, Iloilo City, 5000 Philippines
Telefax: (033) 320-0846 E-mail: [email protected]
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