Korea has accomplished rapid economic growth through vigorous production and increased exports under national policies. So household income and the level of living have also improved due to economic growth. Today, juvenile who grows up under the afflu...
Korea has accomplished rapid economic growth through vigorous production and increased exports under national policies. So household income and the level of living have also improved due to economic growth. Today, juvenile who grows up under the affluent society are thought as major consumers. And the appearance of many shopping malls owing to the development of internet enables them, who are regarded as major buyers, to extend their field as consumers.
There are concerns about teenager's consumption culture that are the trend of irrational expenditures like showing off spending, imitation spending and impulse buying. Irrational consumption behavior during adolescent period, which is the important time for character building and lifestyle forming, could be continued. It is not only the personal problem but it could be bad effects on the development of national economy. Thus, it is important for teenager to be taught proper economic education in order to spend reasonably.
Most of juvenile have received pocket money from parents. The survey of Financial Supervisory Service(FSS) showed that many students learned at home how to control their money. As you know, the ways of financial education at home are important.
Some subjects, as follows, are selected on this study and these are the purposes of this study to show the way of economic education for juvenile's desirable expenditure and indicate basic data that are needed for life guidance.
According to these purposes, some subjects of the study of personal expenses spending behavior are as follows.
1. What type of tendency on juvenile's pocket money management could be shown in accordance with the level of parents affection?
2. What type of tendency on juvenile's pocket money spending behavior(planned buying, luxury and wasteful buying, showing off and fashionable buying, impulse buying, economical and practical buying) could be shown in accordance with the level of parents affection?
Questionnaires were prepared through the consideration of previous studies in order to solve the above questions. The questionnaire of study consists of five sections, which are personal information of teenager, whether pocket money controls could be affected, pocket money self-control, consumption behavior of juvenile that also consist of planned buying, luxury and wasteful buying, showing off and fashionable buying, impulse buying, economical and practical buying. 1st and 2nd grade students in middle school which are located in Seoul, Kyunggi and Chungbuk answered the questionnaire. Analysis of gathered data was proceeded using correlation and t-test of SPSS WIN 10.0 program.
There are significant results that the difference of pocket money self-control is related to the level of parents influence. And juveniles who have been influenced highly by parents have spent their pocket money in a more planned way than others. There are also significant results that the difference of consumption behavior is related to the level of parents influence. Juveniles who have been influenced highly by parents show those results that the tendencies on well planned buying and economical and practical buying are high and the tendencies on luxury and wasteful buying and showing off and fashionable buying and impulse buying are low.
Like this, juveniles who have been influenced highly on pocket money control by parents usually have planned spending behavior. Thus, the improvement of quality and supports must be needed for various and planned economy and financial educations to have upright consumption behavior.