Individual Financial Management Behaviour of Productive Age in Padang

Abstract

The purposes of this research are: 1) to analyze the profile of financial management behavioral of productive age in Padang, West Sumatra; 2) to compare and analyze the profile of financial management behavior that includes groups of active college students; graduated from college but not working yet; already working and not married; already working and married. To achieve the purposes, this research used a qualitative descriptive approach. The population of this study were individuals of productive age groups (18-55 years) in Padang. The sample is 200 respondents which is obtained by snowball technique.