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Results to be presented:
1. Descriptive analysis
2. Correlation Analysis
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ABSTRACT
and Socioeconomic
Chapter 1
Introduction
Finance aspect is one of the most significant things in a family in order to develop their
life every day. However, the heads of family, like husband and wife who are working should be
able to manage the stability and development of family’s financial with a purpose to acquire
Financial difficulties in a family also could be caused by lack of financial knowledge and
communication, unemployment, and the usual error made by most individuals, poor budgeting
where could lead to loss revenue, luxurious expenses, unwise choices, and big lust in spending
money. At the end, a right financial planning must be practical in order to achieve family’s goals
and avoid difficulties mentioned before, which influenced by enough information about finance
resources oriented toward some goal. Empirical evidence supports that, if families achieve
effective financial management, both their economic well-being and their financial satisfaction
improve at the long term (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 2015). However, financial
management behavior is complex and difficult to implement. The supervision of money and
expenditure, which includes frugal and careful spending of money, is a useful protection against
Although the repeated experience and practice of financial activities influence people’s skills to
manage their finances, empirical evidence seems to support that young people practice fewer
basic financial tasks, such as budgeting or regularly planning their long-term savings (Jorgensen
and Savla, 2010). Because of this evidence, it is of interest to analyze the antecedents of young
Positive financial behavior such as small personal loan, compliance with budget,
decreasing life expenditures, financial planning, investment in pension fund and improving
financial saving capable of reducing the financial stress and directly affecting the financial well-
Efforts in improving the financial well-being of an individual, family and society should
give greater emphasis to aspects of financial behavior. Financial behavior refers to one’s practice
of using a systematic financial management system, for example a consistent savings plan
through well thought and written plan with specific aims (Titus et al., 1989). Good financial
documentation on the cash flow, planning expenses, paying utility bills, controlling the usage of
credit card as well as a savings plan (Gorham et al., 1998). Prior research did describe how
financial well-being of an individual are influenced by his or her financial behavior (Godwin
et.al 1986).
countries. Generally, security involves the broad aspect of overall living quality which consist of
the level of salary, job security, housing facilities, quality of living standard, healthcare access,
education facilities, environment and social bonding, etc. (Hicks S, Tinkler L, Allin P.,2013)
Considerate the financial security of lower-income group is a critical concern of any
government as this group struggles most to meet up with their necessities. Despite the
enough money to meet one’s needs with security and freedom of choice. Various educational
disciplines have been studied in financial well-being including economics, financial advising and
Several researchers define financial well-being with different standpoints. For instance,
preserve present and expected aspiration for living standards and financial freedom. Financial
Similarly, financial well-being can meet for needs and liability of recent and anticipated lifestyle
(Kempson E, Finney A, Poppe C.,2017). Muir et al. (2017) ascertained that the strongest
influencers of financial well-being are financial capability, financial inclusion, social capital,
This research aims to examine the relationship between financial management behavior
and financial well – being of the Government – Owned and Controlled Corporation (GOCCs)
employees. Measuring many different domains of financial management behaviors and well-
beings are important because each domain can have a serious impact on family life that may
This study focuses on the financial management behavior and financial well – being of
the Government – Owned and Controlled Corporation (GOCCs) employees. The data collected
will be conducted to all the permanent employees of Social Security System (SSS) East Avenue
Quezon CIty Branch, Pag – Ibig Fund Intramuros Manila Branch and Philhealth NCR North
Caloocan Branch. The study will not cover problems that are not consider as one of the financial
behaviors and financial well – being. The other employees which do not fall as part of GOCCs’
permanent employees are not within the scope of this research. The study will be done through
the utilization of questionnaire to the respondents as a survey and reference. By strategy, the
researcher will be able to know the financial behavior and financial well – being of the
This study generally determines the financial management behavior and financial well –
1.1. Sex;
1.2. Age;
1.6. Agency;
1.7. Gross Monthly Income; and
2. What is the financial management behavior and financial well – being of the
respondents?
4. Is there a significant difference on the financial management behavior and financial well
This study is anchor to identify the relationship between financial management behavior,
financial well-being and financial planning among Government – Owned and Controlled
Corporation (GOCCs) specifically the Social Security System (SSS) employees, Pag-Ibig Fund
The findings of this study will carry the following significance and benefits to various
sectors as follows:
Government. This study will be beneficial to the government since the results will show the
financial management behavior and financial well-being status of the GOCCs which will be an
eye opener to those who are in the position in conducting different programs about financial
management that may address the needs of GOCCs employees in handling their finances.
Government - Owned and Controlled Corporation Employees. The results of this research will
significantly benefit the GOCCs employees in determining their financial management behavior
and financial well – being state. In this manner, they will be able to do interventions to properly
Researcher. The results of this study will provide useful data on the evaluation of the financial
management behavior and financial well – being of the GOCCs employees which will help the
Future Researchers. To the scholars, it is of great use to conduct academic research. It acts as a
source of empirical literature and acts as a ground in conducting further studies in financial
LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Introduction
This section reviews the available literature on financial management behavior and
financial well - being, and the studies done related to financial management behavior and
financial well - being of the GOCCs employees, the conceptual framework and ends with a
mental accounting, people keep track of their money and expenses in their mind. They allocate
money to different categories and use them to cover expenses accordingly. According to Shefrin
and Thaler (1988), there are three main ways to categorize wealth: current income, current assets
and future income. People are keener to spend money from the first category and less interested
in using the money from the last category. It is more tempting for people to spend income than
assets such as savings. It is also possible for people to create more categories—for example, rent,
food, utilities, entertainment, etc. One key feature of mental accounting is that it makes these
wealth categories non-fungible. Hence, one cannot cover the expenses in the category for
rational) behavior. BLC is extended from the life cycle theory (LC) of saving by Modigliani and
Brumberg (1954/2005), but unlike LC theories, the BLC theory highlights self-control, mental
accounting and framing. When the LC theory assumes that people are rational, the BLC assumes
that people have dual-self conflict and that this lack of self-control can cause irrational behavior.
When the
LC theory assumes that people are consistent with their decisions, the BLC theory assumes that
people are not because of the framing effect. When the LC theory assumes that all money is
fungible, the BLC theory claims that because of mental accounting, all money is not fungible. In
this way, the BLC theory manages to explain why a lack of self-control can lead to bad
decisions. Hence, the BLC theory offers a theory to explain how and why self-control also
affects financial behavior, and therefore, it is used in this thesis. Furthermore, the BLC theory is
supported by empirical evidence (Graham & Isaac, 2002; Strömbäck et al., 2017).
Series of study have been conducted to determine the financial behavior and well – being
of an individual. The study of Setiyani, R. and Solichatun, I. (2019) showed that financial
literacy, financial socialization, financial attitude, financial confidence, and financial behavior
have positive effect on financial well-being. Financial literacy, financial socialization, financial
attitude, and financial confidence also have a positive effect on financial behavior. Then,
financial literacy, financial socialization, financial attitude, and financial confidence have a
In addition, the study of Godwin & Carrol, 1986; Scannel, 1990; Porter & Garman, 1993;
Godwin, 1994; DeVaney, Gorham, Benchman et al., 1996; Parrotta & Johnson, 1998; Joo &
Garman, 1998; Hira & Mugenda, 1999; Kim et al., 2003; Joo & Grable, 2004; Kim & Garman,
2004 have shown financial behavior as positively correlated with financial well-being. This is
strengthened by the study conducted by Xiao & Shim (2009) that observed the correlation
relationship between financial behaviors which varied with the level of satisfaction in life.
On the other hand, Mazzarol, et al. (2015) conducted a study on the financial
management practices of companies in Australia and Singapore regions. The study surveyed 145
companies with data being collected through primary means. The study established that
companies have both formal and informal financial management practices which largely
differed. The organization that had well organized financial management practices had improved
financial performance. However, the study was not able to determine the exact financial
management practices that existed or the relationship between the research variables.
The result of the previous studies will help the present study in identifying the financial
management behavior and financial well – being of the Government Owned and Controlled
Corporations to better understand the current situations of the respondents and to suggest
Independent Variables
Age;
Marital Status;
FINANCIAL BEHAVIOR
Years in service; FINANCIAL WELL -BEING
Agency;
The illustration shown above depicts the paradigm flow of the research. It has two (2)
The Independent variable deals with the determination of the profile of the respondents in
terms of their sex, age, marital status, years in service, highest educational attainment, agency,
gross monthly income and net monthly income. It was also included in the independent variable
box the financial management behavior and financial well - being. The framework also presents
the significant relationship and difference in the given variables.-Show this in your framework-
H01: There is no significant relationship between the financial management behavior and
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter outlines various methods which will be applied in the conduct of this
research. It includes type of research, place and time, research design, population, sample and
sampling technique, research variable and instruments, validity and reliability of the instruments,
Research Design
The main purpose of this study is to assess the financial management behavior and
financial well – being among chosen permanent employees of Government Owned and
Controlled Corporations (GOCCs). This implies the utilization of descriptive research approach.
Because the financial management behavior and well - being cannot be described in all its detail,
careful selection of facts must occur. Facts should be gathered according to pre-determined
criteria and for the purpose of demonstrating relationships of interest. To the extent that the
phenomenon that, in turn, can be employed to understand other specific problems, this
This study will be conducted at Social Security System (SSS) East Avenue Quezon City
Branch, Pag – Ibig Fund Intramuros Manila Branch and Philhealth NCR North Caloocan Branch
for the 4th quarter of fiscal year 2022. These places were selected since it they are GOCCs.
Corporation (GOCCs) specifically Social Security System (SSS) East Avenue Quezon City
Branch, Pag – Ibig Fund Intramuros Manila Branch and Philhealth NCR North Caloocan Branch
as its population. The sampling technique to be utilized is stratified random sampling to the
permanent employees of SSS, Pag-Ibig Fund and Philhealth. According to Hayes, A. (2022),
Stratified sampling is a common sampling technique used by researchers when trying to draw
The table below shows the sample size of the respondents per strata. This presents the
The instrument that will be used in this study is adapted in the study of Camilla
Strömbäck, Kenny Skagerlundb, Daniel Västfjällb,d, Gustav Tinghöga entitled “Subjective self‐
control but not objective measures of executive functions predicts financial behavior and well‐
being”. The instrument is divided into 3 parts. Part I includes the demographic profile of the
respondents (Sex, Age, Marital Status, Years in service, Highest educational attainment, Agency,
Gross Monthly Income and Net Monthly Income). Part II contains the 9 item questions about
financial management behavior of the respondents. This part will be scored using 5-point Likert
scale (5 – Always, 4 – Often, 3 – Sometimes, 2 – Rarely, 1 - Not at all). The last part is sub-
divided into two parts. The first part covers the 4 – item questions on financial anxiety and the
last part consists of 3-item questions on financial security of the respondents. This will be scored
Strongly Disagree).
After securing the needed permission from the office of the different Government Owned
and Controlled Corporation (GOCCs) to float the questionnaires and gather pertinent data, the
researcher will send communications to the permanent employees of the identified GOCCs,
informing them of the study along with the survey link. To fast track, the gathering of data, the
researcher posted the survey link thru crowdsourcing in social media sites like Messenger via
group chats. Google form automatically summarizes the data in spreadsheet and the researcher
Data Analysis
This research study will be utilizing the following descriptive data analysis tools:
frequency counts, mean, and percentage in knowing participants’ profile variables. Additionally,
frequency count and percentage were used in tabulating the data that were gathered. The study
will also use the weighted mean and the overall mean. These were inputted in the Statistical
Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software for further statistical analysis and treatment. In
Frequency and Percentage Distribution. These tools were utilized in presenting the profile of the
respondents.
Overall Mean. This statistical tool was used to determine the interpretation answers of research
Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. This is used to identify the significant
relationship between the respondents’ financial management behavior and their financial well –
being.
Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). This tool is used to determine the significant difference between
the financial management behavior and their financial well – being and the respondents’ profile.
The data that were retrieved from the assessment-type questionnaire were converted into
numerical weight using the 5-likert point scale. The researcher classified them into different
To assess the financial management behavior among the different identified GOCCs, the
Table 2. 5 Likert Scale to Assess the Financial Management Behavior of the respondents-
(gawin mong 4 or 6 choices para walang safe answer)
Point Scale Qualitative Description
4 3.51 – 4.50 Always
3 2.51 – 3.50 Often
2 1.51 – 2.50 Rarely
1 1.0 – 1.50 Not at all
For the financial well - being by the respondents in financial anxiety and financial
security of the respondents, the research will use the following table for interpretation:
Table 3. 5 Likert Scale to Assess the Financial Well – Being of the respondents
Point Scale Qualitative Description
4 3.51 – 4.50 Strongly Agree
3 2.51 – 3.50 Agree
2 1.51 – 2.50 Disagree
1 1.0 – 1.50 Strongly Disagree
Ethical Considerations
This research is an original study and will be conducted as a basis in recommending for an
appropriate and effective intervention on proper financial handling of hard-earned money. Authors of
books, journals, publications, as well as websites from the internet which were used as references in the
conduct of this study are properly acknowledged and cited. Head of Offices’ consent will be secured
before the conduct of this study. Further, confidentiality of the data/documents generated from the
respondents’ is highly ensured. All the data to be collected will solely be used for the purpose of this
study.
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