Finanças pessoais e o controle financeiro: um estudo com graduandos de Direito

Abstract

This research aims to analyze how UFPB law graduates, under twenty-five years old, organize their personal finances, adopting the transition period from adolescence to adulthood, with more than one account. Since that many young people don't have access to personal finance content, they have developed into individuals who don't know to control their financial savings. Steiger e Braido (2016), Gadelha, Lucena e Correia (2015) believe that financial education is intertwined with a better quality of people's life, and that inserting some concepts early can help them making some decisions about money. This research is classified as descriptive, having as procedure the application of questionnaires, where 117 valid answers were obtained and was able to analyze most young people who have little knowledge of personal finance and do not control their financial life, whereas they consider the topic very important and are Very interested in learning more about it. It was also possible to verify if financial control is greater among young people that at least have less reasonable knowledge about personal finances.