Factors of financial management awareness among university students

Malaysia's economy at the moment has become almost critical after the occurrence of events that caused the decline of our economy, one of which is the covid-19 epidemic. Therefore, at the present time it is important for people in addition to students to manage their finances properly. Therefore, this study explains and wants to prove that the factors given are factors that give awareness to students to manage their finances well. The respondent's data was obtained by answering the questionnaire through the Google form that had been given and the data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) method. This research will benefit students by knowing the positive effects of managing money. This research collected 384 respondents, which were used in data analysis and met the requirements. The results show that all the given factors namely income, financial knowledge, financial literacy and locus control have a positive relationship with financial management awareness among Malaysian university students.