Educação financeira: um estudo em escolas do Município de João Pessoa

Abstract

The present study had as objective to verify the level of financial education of secondary school students (3rd year) and elementary (9th grade) of public and private schools of the municipality of João Pessoa-Paraiba. Thus, the research was conducted through questionnaires applied in the classroom of ten public and private schools located in the center of the municipality of João Pessoa, obtaining a total of 509 respondents. Only 49% of these students stated that they had access to financial education, the level of which was verified through a test that determined an individual grade. This note was analyzed through a multiple linear regression, and it was verified that the type of school, the series studied by the adolescents, the income and quantity of family members influence the level of financial education. In general, the students of private schools presented a higher grade of financial education, as well as the students who attend the third year of high school.