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Age Group and Financial Literacy Rate; Based On Wewala West GN Division
(4th National Research Conference on Applied Social Statistics, Social Statistics Students’ Association, Department of Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Perera, P. G. T. N.
Financial decision making is an integral part of daily life of people. Most of financial decisions are made as own decision without advise of financial specialists. Financial literacy has direct impact on financial decision making. In present society there are some troubles with lack of financial literacy. According to the previous literature in many countries, one can identify various factors are affecting to financial literacy rate. Main objective of this study is identifying the age group which is highly financial literate in Sri Lankan context. As well as identifying the other factors affected to financial literacy rate. This study was selected 300 households using simple random sampling technique as the sample from 1442 number of households in the Wewala West GN division which is the population of this study. Here only used primary data for research purposes and they were collected through structured questionnaire which designed as three main parts according to collect qualitative data. Questionnaire contained basically 2 parts as demographic data and financial literacy data. For the analysis purposes analytical tools that validity analysis, frequency analysis, factor analysis, weighted average, chi square test and also one way ANOVA have used for analysis part of this study. Study was constructed index for financial literacy is between 0 - 5.02. Using these index values categorized people two categories as high and low financial literate using the median value of index. This study find that gender, household’s monthly income, education level, sector of job and age category are significantly affecting factor for the financial literacy rate while race is not significantly affect to financial literacy rate. Education level and age are the most important factors among the affected factors. And also this study finds that there is a different between age groups on financial literacy rate and people between age 36-50 and also above 60 groups are significantly have high level of financial literacy rate
Age Group and Financial Literacy Rate; Special Reference to Wewala West GN Division
(4th National Research Conference on Applied Social Statistics 2018/2019. Department of Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Perera, P. G. T. N.
Financial literacy has direct impact on financial decision making. In present society there are some troubles with lack of financial literacy. According to the previous literature in many countries, one can identify various factors are affecting to financial literacy rate. Main objective of this study is identifying the age group which is highly financial literate in Sri Lankan context. As well as identifying the other factors affected to financial literacy rate. This study was selected 300 households using simple random sampling technique as the sample from 1442 number of households in the Wewala West GN division which is the population of this study. Here only used primary data for research purposes and they were collected through structured questionnaire. For the analysis purposes analytical tools that validity analysis, frequency analysis, factor analysis, weighted average, chi square test and also one-way ANOVA have used for analysis part of this study. This study finds that gender, household’s monthly income, education level, sector of job and age category are significantly affecting factor for the financial literacy rate while race is not significantly affect to financial literacy rate. Education level and age are the most important factors among the affected factors. And also this study finds that there is a different between age groups on financial literacy rate and people between age 36-50 and also above 60 groups are significantly have high level of financial literacy rate.
Factors associated with destination image on tourists’ revisit: With reference to Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka
(International Conference on Applied Social Statistics (ICASS) - 2019, Department of Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Fernando, A. L. B.; Perera, P. G. T. N.; Liyanage, L.N.
As tourism is one of the prominent sectors in the Sri Lankan economy, number of research studies have been done in order to find the impact of tourism income on the economic development. For the purpose of gaining higher income through tourism, it is essential to have a continuous tourist arrival. To achieve that, revisit intention of tourists is a significant factor. The major identified factors affecting tourist revisit intention include satisfaction (Choo & Petrick, 2014; Ranjbarian & Pool, 2015; Um et al., 2006) perceived value (Petrick et al., 2001; Campo-Martinez et al., 2010), past vacation experience (Chen & Gursoy, 2001; Kozak, 2001), sense of security (Chen & Gursoy, 2001), image (Allameh et al., 2014; Pratminingsih et al., 2014; Hallmann et al., 2015; Tan & Wu, 2016), attachment (Petrick, 2004), and cultural difference (Chen & Gursoy, 2001). Out of these, destination image consists of the overall beliefs, ideas and impressions consumers have about a place or destination. Studies analyzing destination image and revisit intention have shown a positive effect between destination image and revisiting behaviour of tourists (Rittichainuwat et al., 2001; Tasci & Gartner, 2007). Destination image consists of cognitive and affective images (Beerli & Martin, 2004). Cognitive images are visible elements (eg landscape, cleanliness), or psychological elements (impression about atmosphere and hospitality). Affective images comprise of the feelings or emotions a tourist generates about a given destination (Martin & Bosque, 2008). Therefore, this study aims to examine the factors associated with destination image on the revisit intention of tourists.
Socio-Economic Determinants of Domestic Solid Waste Generation: Special Reference to Kesbewa Municipal Area, Sri Lanka
(International Conference on Applied Social Statistics (ICASS) - 2019, Department of Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Perera, P. G. T. N.
The generation of Domestic Solid Waste (DSW) has become a growing environmental and public health problem, specifically in developing countries (Bandara et al, 2007). So the DSW management is a significant role of urban authorities and it is straightly interrelated with the protection of environmental wellbeing and human health and also it is indirectly interrelated with living standards of people. The rapid increase in solid waste generation due to accelerated urban population growth, unplanned urbanization, and increasing economic activities, has become a crucial problem in all countries regardless of the development status of them (Kwetey, 2014). With the current stage of rapid urbanization, relevant authorities in Sri Lanka are also suffering serious difficulties in addressing this problem. The waste generation amount in Sri Lanka has increased from around 6,400 ton/day in 1999 to 10,786 ton/day since 2009 due to the economic growth after the end of the civil war (JICA, 2016). According to critical view of literature, there are lack of preliminary and regular study has been conducted in Sri Lanka on this concerns. Sri Lanka does not draw attention to this problem may be heightened in the future in many folds than it is today unless alternatives are designed to address it and also findings of this study can be used to get information to implement the management system for solid waste