Um estudo sobre o nível de educação financeira dos servidores técnico-administrativos do Centro de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas da Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the level of Financial Education of technical administrative servers of the Centro de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas da Universidade Federal da Paraíba. It was used data obtained through the application of electronic online form from Google - Google Forms, with 27 questions, aimed at identifying the respondents' socioeconomic profile, financial management and degree of indebtedness, perception about Financial Education and factors that lead to the interest in seeking financial knowledge. The research had a sample of twenty-six respondents, and descriptive statistics were used, with the help of an electronic spreadsheet for the preparation of tables and graphs to achieve the proposed objective. The results obtained show that most of the respondents make use of tools to manage their finances, the composition of their debts is mostly due to credit card bills and financing, the general level of Financial Education of the respondents is reasonable and needs constant improvement and they seek knowledge on the subject mainly to find the best way to manage their financial resources. It is concluded, therefore, the need to give more attention to this audience, bringing to them new perspectives on the importance of the insertion of Financial Education in their lives and awakening the greatest desire to search for financial knowledge, in order to make such citizens able to manage in the best way their available resources, and consequently improve their quality of life.