Socio-economic and demographic determinants of Indian youth financial literacy: Determinants of financial literacy

摘要

The purpose of this study is, with the existing data about the level of financial literacy at hand, to examine which factors actually determine the level of personal financial literacy among the youth in India's financial capital city. A total of 650 completed and returned questionnaires have finally been used for the purpose of this study. The data analysis uses descriptive statistics and multivariate analysis. The explanatory variables are gender, district of residence, educational level, father's educational level, employment, marital status and parenthood. Findings of the study depict that having children is the most positively correlated (+0.327) with financial literacy. Education (+0.245) and employment (+0.140) are positively correlated with financial literacy. It is also concluded that females are less likely to have a high level of financial literacy (-0.271) compared to males. Copying or distributing in print or electronic forms without written permission of IGI Global is prohibited.