FACTORS INFLUENCING FINANCIAL LITERACY OF YOUNG ADULTS

Main goal of this paper is to inform about results of a research, which examined factors influencing financial literacy levels of young adults from the South Bohemian region. The factors considered were: high school, gender, family background (parent education) and students' study focus. The data was obtained through a questionnaire survey and a didactic test, attended by 310 students aged 18 - 21 (245 students of the 1st year of the bachelor's study program Specialization in Pedagogy at the Faculty of Education at the University of South Bohemia (FE USB), 65 students from South Bohemian Grammar Schools). On the basis of the statistical analysis, it was found that among the factors that had a significant impact on the students' results were students' study focus and type of school. The influence of gender and family background has not been proven.