The Korean Journal of Community Living Science (한국지역사회생활과학회지)
- Volume 14 Issue 2
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- Pages.15-27
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- 2003
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- 1229-8565(pISSN)
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- 2287-5190(eISSN)
A Study on the Financial Program Development for Farm household - farm household financial management and financial information needs
농가재무관리 교육프로그램 개발을 위한 기초조사 -농가 재무관리 실태 및 재무정보 요구분석을 중심으로-
Abstract
This study investigates the reports about financial management and financial information needs in farm household, to development financial education program for farm household. The results were as follows: 1) Financial management was carried of husband (49%), husband and wife (31.0%) and wife (15.2%) 2) Farm households demand of financial information was selling for farm products(66.5%), farm management(65.1), keeping budget(52.6%) and consumer information(42.6%). 3) The variables (sex, age, Education, farming type) have statistically significant on test of financial knowledge. 4) On the basis of results, for the stabilization of rural economy it is necessary to maximize and stabilize the rural house hold income however, it is also necessary to educate the rural people by providing the ways and means to efficiently manage the income. Thus various financial management programs and educational resources should be developed and provided to the agriculture household finance managers and the instructors in Agricultural Technology Development Center. Specially, according to the financial knowledge test as the demand of financial information in the group of respondents who answered ‘don’t know’ is higher than the demand in the group of right or wrong answers it is quite urgent to develop and provide the financial education programs and financial resources for these people.