Analysis of Consumption Behavior and Economic Literacy Between Teachers of Social Science with Weachers of non-Social Science

Neti Budiwati

2017

Abstract

Irrational consumption behavior and low economic literacy among high school teachers in Bandung are an issue that lies behind this study. Therefore, the study aims to determine there are differences in the level economic literacy and consumer behavior between social science teachers with the non-social science teachers. The sample was senior high school teachers in Bandung, 408 people from learning the subject. Data the obtained through questionnaires with a Likert scale economic literacy level test. The data were analyzed using different test and cross tabs. The findings of the study: the level economic literacy of social science teachers is lower than the teachers from non-social science teachers, and consumption behavior social science teachers are more rational than non-social science teachers. It can be concluded that the more experienced teachers had in learning, the better the level economic literacy and it resulted in the more rational consumption behavior among high school teachers. Therefore it is important to improve understanding of the behavior of rational consumption that can be done either through formal education, informal and on formal education.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Budiwati N. (2017). Analysis of Consumption Behavior and Economic Literacy Between Teachers of Social Science with Weachers of non-Social Science.In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Economic Education and Entrepreneurship - Volume 1: ICEEE, ISBN 978-989-758-308-7, pages 497-502. DOI: 10.5220/0006888504970502

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceee17,
author={Neti Budiwati},
title={Analysis of Consumption Behavior and Economic Literacy Between Teachers of Social Science with Weachers of non-Social Science},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Economic Education and Entrepreneurship - Volume 1: ICEEE,},
year={2017},
pages={497-502},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006888504970502},
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 - Analysis of Consumption Behavior and Economic Literacy Between Teachers of Social Science with Weachers of non-Social Science
SN - 978-989-758-308-7
AU - Budiwati N.
PY - 2017
SP - 497
EP - 502
DO - 10.5220/0006888504970502