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    BUSINESS RESEARCH METHOD

    EBB

    STUDENTS VS FINANCIAL PROBLEM

    SITI FATIHAH BINTI M.SARBANI

    UMIRUL ADILLA BINTI MOHD NOOR IHSAN 62289113627

    WAN NORDIANA BINTI MAHMOD 62289113827

    MOHAMAD IZZAT BIN WAHID 62289214180

    MOHAMAD NIZAM BIN HO!A NA!UMEDDIN 62289214310

    DR. ASMAH ZAARIA

    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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    In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious and the Most Merciful.Alhamdulillah, all praises to

     Allah for the strengths and His blessing in completing this report about “Students vs financial

    problems”. There are no proper ords to conve! our deep gratitude and respect to our lecturer,

    "r. Asmah #a$aria for the continuous support. Her guidance helped us in all the time of 

    research and riting of this report.

    %e also ta$e this opportunit! to e&press a deep sense of gratitude to our team members

    Siti 'atihah binti M. Sarbani, (mirul Adilla binti Mohd )oor Ihsan, %an )ordiana binti Mahmod,

     Ahmad I**at bin %ahid and Mohamad )i*am bin +hoa )aumeddin for the cooperation given

    during finishing this report assignment.

    Sincere than$s to all our friends, classmates and others for their $indness and moral

    support during our stud!. Than$s for the friendship and memories.

    -ast but not least, our deepest gratitude goes to our beloved parents for their endless love,

    pra!ers and encouragement. To those ho indirectl! contributed to this research, !our $indness

    means a lot to us. Than$ !ou ver! much.

    1.0 INTRODUCTION

     As education loans become a maor source of financing for universit! students in

    Mala!sia, their personal financial management s$ills need to be assessed to ensure effective

    and efficient use of financial resources. Most universit! students believe that ith higher 

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    education the! could ensure higher ran$ occupations and hence, higher income. Therefore,

    students ho pursue higher education have to spend their time in the universit!, hich, in turn,

    $eeps them aa! from participating in the ob mar$et and having their on income. Thus,

    finance is becoming a significant factor in the choice of hether to pursue universit! education

    or to or$. Students often begin their universit! education ithout ever having been solel!

    responsible for their on personal finances. %hile in the universit!, the students have to

    manage their on e&penses.

    The research findings indicate that hile students have ide access to financial

    services, such as education loans and credit, the! lac$ the financial management $noledge

    and e&perience to manage mone!, hich ma! lead to financial problems. The assessment of 

    students financial management s$ills is the primar! focus of the present stud!. The )ational

    Higher /ducation 'und 0orporation loan 12T2T)3 is the maor source of financing for tertiar!

    education in Mala!sia. The availabilit! of this loan since 4556 has enabled more students to

    pursue higher education. -ogicall!, the loan received should be ade7uate to support the cost of 

    living8 hoever, studies b! Masud 19::;3 and Sabri 19::

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    individual. In other ords, consumption is part of children>s and !oungsters formation and

    sociali*ation, and pla!s an important role in the development of identit! and self=conception.

    Therefore, there is a need to understand the financial s$ills and abilities of students, since their 

    financial behavior ill have an important impact on their future life and personal ell=being.

    /ducational programs such as seminars, or$shops and even printed pamphlets have been

    recogni*ed as tools to improve financial $noledge and enhance financial s$ills. Hoever,

    $noledge about students financial s$ills and educational needs enable the polic!ma$ers and

    financial planners to develop appropriate strategies and programs to enhance students financial

    $noledge. /nhancing students financial s$ills ould benefit the individual, finance services

    providers, universities and the nation. The specific obective of the present stud! is to assess

    universit! students financial management s$ills and to determine students financial education

    needs.

    1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY

    Throughout the 455:s, issues related to financial education and $noledge ere

    discussed among famil! and economic educators. Most of the recent studies focused on the

    financial planning of universit! students because man! of them fail to plan their e&penditure and

    une&pectedl! e&perience financial problems. (niversit! students report having high debt,

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    serious credit card usage, and high stress, as ell as lo financial satisfaction due to the lac$ of 

    financial management s$ills. ?oung adults ma! be unprepared to effectivel! manage the

    ps!chological costs associated ith financial problems such as increased levels of stress and

    decreased levels of ell=being. Hoever, it is generall! accepted among researchers that,

    financial education is the $e! to decrease financial problems, especiall! among !oung adults.

    0oncerning the importance of financial education, financial education pla!s a $e! role in

    financial empoerment, as education helps consumers ac7uire the s$ills, right attitudes and

    relevant $noledge needed in ma$ing choices for the best of their economic, health and safet!

    ellness. The research findings among universit! students in the (S reveal that, financial

    pressure is the most fre7uentl! cited reason for students discontinuing their education 10hiang,

    9::63. A stud! b! 0hen and @olpe 1455

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    understanding that allos people to ac7uire the s$ills to deal ith ever!da! financial matters

    and ma$e the right choices.

     Although most studies consider financial $noledge as a basic element of financial

    decision ma$ing and planning, onl! a fe focused on financial s$ills. There is a difference

    beteen providing information as $noledge and the abilit! to appl! it. 'inancial $noledge

    refers to financial information and literac!8 hoever, financial s$ill is the abilit! to appl! such

    $noledge to ma$e financial decisions and planning. Some researchers define financial s$ills as

    the abilit! to understand and manage across a range of financial conte&ts including both

    predictable and unpredictable situations. Desearchers in the field of finance, that financial s$ills

    and competence are based on financial $noledge and understanding, and are influenced b!

    the personal attitudes in spending and saving. Therefore, financial s$ill and abilit! are needed to

    plan, control, manage and resolve financial ris$s and opportunities in the future.

    Desearch has shon that several factors are associated ith personal financial s$ills

    and $noledge, such as income, age, education, and sociali*ation the financial s$ills are based

    on three factors E 43 demographic characteristics 1age, se&, education, values and attitudes or 

    habits3, 93 the phase of life and immediate environment 1famil!, sociali*ation3 and F3 the macro

    environment 1societ! and its social, economic and cultural settings3. Hoever, these three

    factors ma! have a direct or indirect effect on ones financial s$ills and abilities. )ot man!

    studies have been done on the financial behavior of Mala!sian universit! students. Masuds

    19::;3 stud! on Mala!sian universit! students revealed that, the maorit! of them ere

    e&periencing financial problems because of the lac$ of $noledge and management s$ills.

    The stud! concluded that, the purchasing poer for the overall Mala!sian population has

    increased, ith no e&ception for students. Thus, although students are an important mar$et

    segment, the maorities of Mala!sian students borros mone! for their education and easil! fall

    into debt because of the lac$ of financial planning for the future. Sabri 19::

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    among Mala!sian college students and found that, most of them ere uncertain about here

    mone! is spent and that the! bought unnecessar! things and lent mone! to friends. According

    to Sabri 19::

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    2T2T) loan. The surplus of funds ma! cause them overspending hich ill bring negative

    impact on their financial literac!.

     Although people are saving for all the time, but the! ill confuse hat is the level of 

    saving conduced are considered ade7uate. %hat is seen as ade7uate ma! differ hether e

    have an individual perspective or a collective perspective. It must be stressed that there is

    limited information about the rate at hich individual are actuall! saving, ma$ing it difficult to

    establish a solid benchmar$ against hich to measure ade7uac!. In additional, saving also

    limited b! the income generated. All of these ill lead to bad personal finance management

    hich is mismatch the goal and the financial resource.

     According to Scobie, Gibson and -e 19::;3, as have superannuation as the bac$up of 

    the retirement, people ould not reduce their present consumption in order to save further for 

    their retirement. /&isting social insurance rule also reduce the need for such saving hile

    current ta& rules reduce the return on monthl! savings 1'eldstein, 45593. These reasons ill

    become the encumbrance of saving.

    esides that, man! people have faced the problems of debt in the orld toda!. Most

    people do not $no ho much had the! spend on food, housing and entertainment ever!

    month. The! do not $eep trac$ of their e&penses and the! ust thin$ing about toda! hich leads

    them cannot organi*e their finances ell 1+)S 'inancial, 9:443. This situation also leads them

    to an unhealth! spending behavior ith the bad attitudes 1?ates %ard, 9:443. According to

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    Salmons 19::63 spending plan ill ma$e people able to utili*e their mone! to obtain the things

    hich are most important to them. If people able to prepare their monthl! spending plan, the!

    ill have a bit concept of here their mone! gone and hich is an essential element of financial

    control s!stem. Thus, monthl! e&penditure can be an important variable in financial literac!

    problem.

    General financial $noledge is important for individual to ell manage their finance.

    Hoever, it comes to a 7uestion that hether a person has general financial $noledge ill

    have a higher financial literac!. Is general financial $noledge important for each individual to

    understand better in finance There is a different point of vie in financial literac! beteen

    business and non=business students. The findings pointed out that business students displa!

    higher financial literac! level than nonbusiness students. In addition, most of the non=business

    students especiall! science students are lac$ of the general financial $noledge and poor in the

    techni7ue to manage their finance. Hoever it is hard to appl! the financial $noledge in the

    real orlds financial transactions and activities.

    Cn the other hand, a lot of people are interested in finding out hether males of females

    among tertiar! students are more $noledgeable in personal finance, ell management of their 

    savings and e&penditures. In addition, some people ma! interest to $no that hether bo!s or 

    girls can get more mone! from their parents. There are some arguments stated that men are

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    $noledgeable in personal finance management compare to omen. This statement as

    proved b! 0hen and @olpe 1455

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    saving in the ban$, so that the! ill not face in financial problem in future. Therefore, the main

    obective of this stud! are J

    To ensure that students can use the mone! from variet! of sources are used in correct

    a!.

    To identif! here the universities students spend their mone!.

    To bring aareness to students about the importance of saving mone!.

     

    To provide guidance to here their mone! should be spent to avoid useless.

    1.4 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY

    The limitations of the stud! are characteristics of design or methodolog! that impacted or 

    influenced the application or interpretation of the results of our stud!. The! are the constraints

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    and utilit! of findings that are the result of the a!s in hich e chose to design the stud! and

    the method used to establish internal and e&ternal purpose.

    The first limitation of our stud! is the limitation on collecting data since e have a hard

    time in collecting our data. There might be some error on the 7uestionnaires given the

    participant to fill our surve!s. In addition, the surve!s might not be understood ell b! the

    participants here ma$e them to simpl! anser the 7uestionnaires. 'or instance, e have

    found that all of our 7uestionnaires and data are obtainable, but there ere little errors on the

    7uestionnaires hich ma$e our data collection to be a little difficult.

    The ne&t limitation of our stud! is the lac$ of time carr!ing out this research. Since all of 

    us ere bus! to classes, reports, tests, and 7ui**es e could onl! obtain the primar! data

    rather that obtaining the secondar! data because of our limitation to the obstacles. ut it did not

    interrupt our finding, hoever ith the guidance of our lecturer, e can manage do complete our 

    finding as ell.

    'inall!, the other limitation to our stud! about the research is because of the loer 

    priorit! for carr!ing out a surve! because of competing urgent tas$. Sometime e need to do

    the things that e reall! need such as e need to prepare for the upcoming tests or 

    assignments that e need to do so. esides that, our research might ta$e some time because

    of e are lac$ of funding necessar! to carr! out a surve!. To ma$e a good research !ou have to

    bu! a good sample of 7uestionnaires and ournal hich care ver! costl! to us.

    1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROBLEM

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    The primar! motivation for this stud! is to educate universit! students about the

    importance of saving mone!. Through this stud!, e can see the attitude of universit! students

    in managing their mone! that the! get, hether from scholarships, loans or from famil! sources.

    In addition, this stud! ill enlighten the students here their mone! should be distributed. The!

    should cut spending to activities that are less beneficial for them that involve mone!. 'or 

    e&amples are shopping, travelling, eating e&pensive food and so on.

    This stud! ill also be great significance to the parents, here their children can manage

    the mone! as ell as possible. So, parents are no longer burdened hen their children often

    as$ for mone! hen the mone! runs out. %ith an unstable econom! and rising cost of living,

    students should ta$e steps to reduce their spending on universities. This can give them a

    chance to save mone! in an! ban$ for their future life.

    2.0 L!"#$!%#" R"&"'

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     As e $no, maorit! of students receive their scholarship or education loan at the

    beginning of each semester. So, the! not have an! problem at the beginning semester compare

    ith last of each semester. ased on “'inancial 2roblems among (niversities Students in

    Mala!sia” b! Mohamad 'a*li Sabri, there are man! causes about student finance problems

    such as parents marital status and educational level, famil! income, sibling ran$, t!pes of 

    universities, residence and education fund 1Mohamad 'a*li Sabri et al, 9::

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    • The Influence of 'amil! Member 

    The second causes of student finance problems are famil! aspect. This is because

    some student comes from lo income families. Student had gifted some mone! to their famil!

    for help them from finance crisis. At the same time, this situation can ma$e the student cannot

    manage their finance properl! because the! had to use their scholarship or education loan for 

    another things. Sometimes, student cant manage their finance because of a strong famil!

    influence. ase on “0ollege Students and 'inancial -iterac!J %hat The! +no and %hat %e

    )eed to -earn” b! 0ude . L, the influence of famil! members is important but comple&. Most

    students reported hearing various messages about mone! from various famil! members. Most

    of the messages students shared related to controlling spending and avoiding or using credit

    isel!. In addition, man! ere ver! aare that the! and a sibling approached financial

    management differentl! and anted to be different from or li$e their sibling, depending on

    hether the sibling as more or less responsible. 10ude et al, 9::3.

    (nli$e the research from 0ude . L et al 19::3, “the most significant influence on

    students mone! management behaviors as their parents 16:.:K3. 'e students identified as

    their most important influence a brothersister 14.9K3, grandparents 14.5K3, and other famil!

    relative 14.9K3”. So, student should manage their finance ith using their on opinion and

    a!s. It is because the! often influenced b! their famil! and not confident to ma$e on decision

    about their finance”.

    In this case, student ill lost focus for manage their finance because of famil!

    intervention. The effect of this situation is student ill leave their finances managed b! famil!.

    'or another situation that related ith this cause is famil! problem that can ma$e the student

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    having a problem in their finance. Mohamad 'a*li Sabri et al 19::

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    'inancial 2roblem

    'inancial problem are influenced b! three independent determinants8 attitude, subective norm,

    perceived behavioral control.

    9.4.4 Attitude

     Attitude toards the financial problem is referred as the respondents favorable or unfavorable

    evaluation.

    9.4.9 Subective )orm

    Subective norm is a perceived social pressure to perform or not to perform the financial

    problem

    9.4.F 2erceived ehavioral 0ontrol

    2erceived behavioral control is a belief about control of the opportunities and resources b! an

    individual in creating the financial problem

    FINANCIAL

    PROBLEM

    Attitude

    Perceived Behavioral

    Control

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    METHODOLOGY

    The surve! b! 7uestionnaire ere been used in this research. Despondent is the usual term for 

    an individual ho ta$es part in a research proect. Hoever, respondents can also be $non as

    a participant in a research sample as e can recogni*e the value of more collaborative intervie

    relationship beteen participants and us. In conducting this report, e have distributed :

    7uestionnaires to the consumers in Mala!sia. After all the 7uestionnaires distributed, e have

    anal!*ed it 7uantitativel!.

    ased on our research conducted, there are to methods of data collection ere used,

    hich are primar! data and secondar! data. 2rimar! data are data that ere previousl!

    un$non and hich have been obtained directl! b! the researcher for a particular research

    proect. 'or instance, from all the : 7uestionnaires distributed, e manage to anal!*e the data

    obtained from it and there is so man! t!pe of ansers obtained. )e&t is b! using secondar!

    data in the process of collecting or data. 0ommon sources of secondar! data for our research

    used such as previous records, intervies among friends, boo$s, ournals from the ebsites,

    databases and data collected through 7ualitative methodologies or 7ualitative research in the

    librar!. Cne maor benefit of using secondar! data is that it has alread! been revieed suitabl!

    used.

    The findings of the results ere transferred into the Microsoft /&cel. The findings ere

    anal!*ed through pie charts. The data ere calculated and the anal!sis of the data using the

    charts as made easier.

    RESEARCH DESIGN

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    Nuantitative research is conduct through using the large scale of surve! research, using the

    methods li$e 7uestionnaires. In this research, universit! students are treated as target

    population in order to complete this research. T!pe of research that e conducted is surve! b!

    distributing 7uestionnaires to the targeted : respondents in Mala!sia. The 7uestionnaires is

    about ho financial problem affects students and ho spending habit affects students. In the

    7uestionnaires, as$ about gender, t!pe of universit!, sponsorship, monthl! spending on

    accommodation, telephone bills, transportation and food.

    HYPOTHESIS

    'or a maorit! of students, universit! attendance is the first time the! have e&perienced financial

    independence ithout a parent>s supervision. %ith the e&pansion of educational services in

    Mala!sia, universit! or college students have become one of the important consumer mar$et

    segments, for to reasons. 'irst, this group has e&panded purchasing poer, ith easil!

    available educational loans. Second, this student segment of the population has better potential

    earnings than an! other segment of the population. There has been limited stud! on financial

    problems among Mala!sians, especiall! college students, since the concern over the role of 

    !oung consumers is relativel! ne.

      H)!"(( 1J The folloing variables ill predict effective financial behavior and greater 

    financial problemsJ gender, ethnicit!, and place of origin, parents marital status and educational

    level, famil! income, childhood consumer e&perience, sibling ran$, t!pes of college, residence,

    education fund, financial sociali*ation, G2A, spending patterns, savings, and financial literac!.

    H)!"(( 2J 'amil!s influence can influence individuals financial management. Loe, Grable

    and agell 19::3 claimed that, parents ho have financial problems are more li$el! to have

    negative influence toard students financial behavior. %ebl! and )!hus 19::3 discovered that

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    parents ith long term orientation ould influence their children to become long term oriented

    as ell. The long term oriented is defined as peoples ho are illing to Opa! before the! Ogain.

    The more the parents discuss about the financial management, the greater the commitment of 

    their children in managing their finance.

    H)!"(( 3J Male can influence individuals financial management.

    H)!"(( 4J 'emale can influence individuals financial management.

    H)!"(( 5J umiputera can influence individuals financial management.

    H)!"(( J )on=umiputera can influence individuals financial management. According to

    the -!ons 19::63, demographic variables such as ethnicit! and gender ould affect individual

    financial behaviors. -!ons 19::63 claimed that, female, blac$, andor Hispanic ere more li$el!

    to face ith financial crisis. Hoever, /rs$ine, +ier, -eung and Sproule 19::3 sought that there

    is no significant relationship beteen gender and individuals financial management.

    3.2 SAMPLING DESIGN

    %e are using a non=probabilit! sampling techni7ue and our population is : of students hether 

    public universit! and private universit! around Mala!sia. Cur sample si*e is : respondents.

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    3.3 INSTRUMENTATIONS

    The structured 7uestionnaire is used in gathering data for completion of this stud!. 'or this

    surve!, the 7uestions are divided into to designs. 'or first F 7uestions e construct about

    demographic profile. The rest are the discussions of our dependent and independent variable

    7uestion.

    3.4 DATA COLLECTION

    The primar! and secondar! data ere both used in data collection and data sources for this

    research.

    F.;.4 2rimar! data

    In this research, the primar! data as been collected from the students in universities around

    Mala!sia. The data ere collected through 7uestionnaires via online surve! 1surve! mon$e!3

    that are distributed to the target respondents hich are students b! social media 1titter and

    hatsapp3

    4.0 FINDINGS

    ;.4 Gender 

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    're7uenc! 2ercentage 1K3

    Male

    'emale

    9<

    F9

    ;.6

    BF.FF

    Total : 4::

    Table ;.4J )umber of students based on gender.

    Table ;.4 shos the number of respondents hom have ta$en part in our research. There are

    ;.6K of male students hich are e7ual to 9< students hile female students are BF.FFK

    hich are F9 students.

    ;.9 (niversit!

    're7uenc! 2ercentage 1K32ublic

    2rivate

    F

    9;

    :

    ;:

    Total : 4::

    Table ;.9J )umber of universit!

    Table ;.9 shos the number of respondents hom have ta$en part in our research. There are

    F students from public universit! hich are :K hile the rest ;:K are from private universit!

    hich are 9; students.

    ;.F Sponsorship

    're7uenc! 2ercentage 1K3MADA

    L2A

    2T2T)

    Cther 

    96

    4

    9F

    5

    ;B.::

    4.6

    F

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    Table ;.FJ )umber of students based on sponsorship

    The sponsorship b! MADA is the highest among others. The percentage is ;BK and 96

    students. 'or L2A onl! 4 students received. 'or 2T2T) sponsorship has small different from

    MADA hich are 9F students. The rest is other sponsorship such as pa!ment b! their famil!.

    ;.; Monthl! Spending

    're7uenc! 2ercentage 1K3

    DMF:: E DMB::

    DMB:: E DM

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    Most of students spend their mone! around DMF:: to DMB:: hich is B4.6K or F4 students.

    Cnl! 9 students spend above DM4:::. About 9F students spend their mone! monthl! around

    DMB:: to DM

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    Table ;.J )umber of students spend mone! on telephone bills

    ased on the results, the highest spending on telephone bills is around DMF: to DM: hich

    are 9B students. Cnl! 4 students spend above DM5:. %e can see that students spending their 

    mone! on telephone bills around DMF: and DM: to DM5: have the same number of students

    hich are 46 or 9

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    ;.< MC)TH-? S2/)"I)G C) 'CC"

    're7uenc! 2ercentage 1K3

    DM4:: E DM9::

    DM9:: E DMF::

    DMF:: E DM;::

    DM;:: and above

    4;

    45

    9:

    6

    9F.FF

    F4.6

    9

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    5.0 RECOMMENDATION

    In order to maintain a health! spending habit, students are suggested to manage their spending

    on the accommodation and such.

    'irst of all, students can loo$ for houses ith lo rental and are located as near 

    as possible to their campus. Students can negotiate the rental price ith the rental agent.

    Students can get their friends to settle in the house as ell. The rental can then be divided

    among them instead of being paid b! an individual.

     As for food, students can get their housemates or friends to pinch in and coo$

    together. The! can share the spending on groceries and learn ho to coo$. Students must cut

    don on ta$e=outs and deliver! because these to added to the e&penses. 'urthermore, it is

    healthier for the students to coo$ meals for themselves. The! can also choose the ingredients

    hich can help in boosting their memories and maintain their energ! for curricular activities.

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    Deference boo$s are $non to be e&pensive and not all students can afford that.

    To solve the problem, students can get the e=boo$ version of the reference boo$s the! need.

    esides, the! can tr! to bu! second=hand reference boo$s from their seniors hich are

    positivel! loer in price compared to bu!ing from boo$stores. These prices are more relevant

    for students. Hoever, if the! still cannot afford, students can opt to pa! for the boo$ b!

    instalments or share the price ith another classmate.

    Students are also suggested to sell their boo$s after the end of ever! semester.

    This ill add up to their poc$et mone! and the! can use it later to bu! boo$s for the ne&t

    semester.

    Transportation is another thing the students need to consider since it involves a

    big sum of mone!. It is ise for the students to choose the cheapest ride to campus. Its level of 

    being convenient is something that students should bear in mind too. 'or instance, public

    transportation noada!s is convenient enough but students must ma$e sure that it is located

    close enough from their rented house. And, that it is safe for them to move from the house to the

    bus or train station.

    Cn the other hand, students can opt to start car=pooling ith their housemates or 

    friends hos sta!ing nearb!. The most crucial part here is to have a housemate or a friend that

    actuall! has a car and is going to drive to campus. Students can then divide the e&penditure of 

    fuel among themselves to let ease the spending on transportation. This helps the students to

    commute an!here 1not ust to college3 even faster and safer.

    Students can have fun, of course. Having fun cost mone! too so8 it is best to

    ensure that no one over=spentP Instead of going to carnivals or concerts that is going to cost a

    prett! penn!, students can go to free campus events. Students can get to $no people from and

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    outside their campus here. Moreover, the campus events are going to benefit them ith better 

    inputs hich are $noledgeable and useful for future needs.

     Also, b! bringing limited cash can help them to save and avoid over=spending.

    -imited cash ma$es students thin$ carefull! on hat the! are going to spend since there ould

    not be an! more cash ith them to bu! another item.

    .0 CONCLUSION

    In conclusion, the best a! for students to not engage ith financial problem is

    for them to plan their spending 1be it monthl!, bimonthl! or even ee$l!3. Students can get help

    from their advisors or counsellors hich ill provide them ith a!s to start health! spending

    habit. Students can also use their smart phones to search for solutions from e&perts orldide.

    Spending healthil! includes, not ust b! being careful hile spending but saving

    mone! as ell. Having surplus of mone! in their ban$ accounts is ever! students dream. This is

    as students might suddenl! need the mone! for emergenc! cases li$e, sudden fever or 

    accidents 1let it be hen riding or driving or even al$ing3 or pa!ing for 9Q4 rental house

    deposit. Since it is time consuming to ait for famil! members to ban$ in the mone!, smart

    students have their on savings to solve these matters.

    /ven though it is important to spend healthil!, students can plan on ho to gain

    mone! too. If saving mone! is not the best solution to prevent from having financial problem

    perhaps gaining some more is. In order to have more, students ill have to or$ as a part=timer 

    or as free=lancer. ! the end of ever! month or after ever! tas$ given, students ill have e&tra

    poc$et mone!. This ill add up to the alloance hich the! are receiving 1if sponsorship is

    applied3 and hopefull! ill help students from having not enough mone!.

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