African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4188

Full Length Research Paper

Influence of financial education on retirement preparation in Malaysia

Loo See Beh1 and Jee Yoong Folk2*
1Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2Institute of Postgraduate Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 05 November 2011
  •  Published: 18 July 2012

Abstract

This paper examined the influence of financial learning on retirees’ retirement financial planning preparation. 750 questionnaires were distributed with a 53.9% return rate. Three hypotheses were analyzed using hierarchical regression analysis. The results revealed that some mediating effect existed between financial learning and behavioural assessment of personal finance, and that the older age groups had mediating effect on the relationship between financial learning and subjective perception of satisfaction with personal finance. Within this context, respondents were satisfied with their financial situation from the behavioural assessment of personal finances, subjective perception and perceived financial well-being perspective. The study also indicated that some mediating effect existed between financial learning and behavioural assessment of personal finance, and that the older age groups (above 50 years) had mediating effect on the relationship between financial learning and subjective perception of satisfaction with personal finance. 

 

Key words: Economic well-being, financial planning, financial education, literacy.