Zuzana KozubΓkovΓ‘ –Β University of Ε½ilina, Faculty of Management and Informatics, Dpt. of Macro and Microeconomics, UniverzitnΓ‘ 8215/1, 010 26 Ε½ilina, Slovakia
AleΕ‘ KozubΓk –Β University of Ε½ilina, Faculty of Management and Informatics, Dpt. of Macro and Microeconomics, UniverzitnÑ 8215/1, 010 26 Ε½ilina, Slovakia
DOI:Β https://doi.org/10.31410/ITEMA.S.P.2021.55
5th International Scientific Conference on Recent Advances in Information Technology, Tourism, Economics, Management and Agriculture – ITEMA 2021, Online/virtual, October 21, 2021, SELECTED PAPERS published by the Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans, Belgrade; Printed by: SKRIPTA International, Belgrade, ISBN 978-86-80194-50-9, ISSN 2683-5991, DOI:Β https://doi.org/10.31410/ITEMA.S.P.2021
Abstract
Financial literacy is one of the key competencies for life in modern 21st-century society. Several studies show that education plays an important role in raising the level of financial literacy and economic awareness. It is the consistency and continuity in education that positively influence an individΒualβs financial competence. However, recent years have been influenced by the anti-pandemic measures in connection with the COVID-19 disease. These measures have also had a significant impact on education particuΒlarly, in the transition to distance online education. In this paper, the authors focus on the level of financial literacy of university students coming out of long-term distance education. The authors have applied the questionnaire survey method in the research. The research uses the personal finance index as a proxy for measuring financial literacy. The authors compare the results obtained with those from the pre-COVID period using statistical methods. This approach then allows concluding the impact of the move to distance learning on levels of financial literacy.
Keywords
Financial education; Distanced learning; Statistical methods; Questionnaire survey
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