Zakat Literacy among University Students and Factors Influenced It

Clarashinta Canggih, Rachma Indrarini, Prayudi Setiawan Prabowo

2017

Abstract

Zakat is one of obligatory worship that could lessen economic disparity among people. However, there is wide gap between potency and realization of zakat fund in Indonesia. One of the possible sources of the zakat gap is the lack of zakat literacy in the society. This research aimed to identify zakat literacy of Islamic Economics Students Universitas Negeri Surabaya (UNESA). Furthermore, it aimed to identify factors that influenced zakat literacy. This research used descriptive approach through primary data collection from questionnaire to understand the level of zakat literacy among Islamic Economics students and descriptive quantitative approach to determine factors that influence zakat literacy level through regression analysis. The participants of the research were 127 students. The result showed that the zakat literacy of Islamic Economics student is on medium level. Furthermore, it showed that age and knowledge about zakat have significant impact toward student zakat literacy level, while gender has no significant impact.

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in Harvard Style

Canggih C., Indrarini R. and Prabowo P. (2017). Zakat Literacy among University Students and Factors Influenced It.In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Economic Education and Entrepreneurship - Volume 1: ICEEE, ISBN 978-989-758-308-7, pages 146-150. DOI: 10.5220/0006882101460150


in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceee17,
author={Clarashinta Canggih and Rachma Indrarini and Prayudi Setiawan Prabowo},
title={Zakat Literacy among University Students and Factors Influenced It},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Economic Education and Entrepreneurship - Volume 1: ICEEE,},
year={2017},
pages={146-150},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006882101460150},
isbn={978-989-758-308-7},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Economic Education and Entrepreneurship - Volume 1: ICEEE,
TI - Zakat Literacy among University Students and Factors Influenced It
SN - 978-989-758-308-7
AU - Canggih C.
AU - Indrarini R.
AU - Prabowo P.
PY - 2017
SP - 146
EP - 150
DO - 10.5220/0006882101460150