High School Students and their Perception of Financial Institutions: An Empirical Study in Xalapa, Veracruz

Teresa Zamora-Lobato; Arturo Garcia-Santillan; Elena Moreno-García; Jose Satsumi Lopez-Morales; Jessica Ramos-Hernandez

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The purpose of this study is to analyze the perception of high school students from Xalapa, Veracruz, towards six variables related to financial education: savings, investments, pensions, credits, debts, expenses and budgets. For the field activity, we designed an instrument and applied it to 401 enrolled students at the moment of the survey. The data were analyzed through exploratory factor analysis. It is concluded that high school students have a positive perception of financial institutions and the products they offer.

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Finance education
perception
financial practices

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INT ELECT J MATH ED, Volume 12, Issue 2, May 2017, 133-143

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Zamora-Lobato, T., Garcia-Santillan, A., Moreno-García, E., Lopez-Morales, J. S., & Ramos-Hernandez, J. (2017). High School Students and their Perception of Financial Institutions: An Empirical Study in Xalapa, Veracruz. International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 12(2), 133-143. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/605

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Zamora-Lobato T, Garcia-Santillan A, Moreno-García E, Lopez-Morales JS, Ramos-Hernandez J. High School Students and their Perception of Financial Institutions: An Empirical Study in Xalapa, Veracruz. INT ELECT J MATH ED. 2017;12(2):133-43. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/605

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Zamora-Lobato T, Garcia-Santillan A, Moreno-García E, Lopez-Morales JS, Ramos-Hernandez J. High School Students and their Perception of Financial Institutions: An Empirical Study in Xalapa, Veracruz. INT ELECT J MATH ED. 2017;12(2), 133-143. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/605

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Zamora-Lobato, Teresa, Arturo Garcia-Santillan, Elena Moreno-García, Jose Satsumi Lopez-Morales, and Jessica Ramos-Hernandez. "High School Students and their Perception of Financial Institutions: An Empirical Study in Xalapa, Veracruz". International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education 2017 12 no. 2 (2017): 133-143. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/605

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Zamora-Lobato, T., Garcia-Santillan, A., Moreno-García, E., Lopez-Morales, J. S., and Ramos-Hernandez, J. (2017). High School Students and their Perception of Financial Institutions: An Empirical Study in Xalapa, Veracruz. International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 12(2), pp. 133-143. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/605

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Zamora-Lobato, Teresa et al. "High School Students and their Perception of Financial Institutions: An Empirical Study in Xalapa, Veracruz". International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, vol. 12, no. 2, 2017, pp. 133-143. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/605