THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL LITERACY IN THE FINANCIAL HEALTH OF THE UNIVERSITY YOUTH
Resumo
This study aimed to analyze the impact of the level of financial education on the financial health index of undergraduates in Business Administration, Accounting and Economics at the Federal University of Santa Catarina. By applying an online questionnaire, 185 valid responses were obtained by the investigation, distributed between the courses. After analyzing the data using descriptive statistics and the Multiple Linear Regression method using Microsoft Excel and Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software, it was concluded that there is a relationship between the participants' level of financial education and their financial health index, i.e., the more in-depth they are on the subject, the more likely they are to have better financial health. The undergraduate respondents have a high level of knowledge, especially those in Economics Science, which provides them critical awareness of their finances, preparing them to manage their resources. In addition, there was a wide gap between the financial health classification bands, with no homogeneity in the positive indices, and it is worth mentioning that a considerable proportion of the respondents still have low scores.