Abstract

Financial education is one the driving factors of the economy, so its attention must be a priority. The present research study investigates the knowledge that a sample of university students from a Higher Education Institution in the city of Merida, Yucatan, Mexico has regarding the variables savings and credit. The research was descriptive, with a non-experimental crosssectional design, in which the survey was used as a means of collecting information, with a 25 item questionnaire. It was found that both men and women reported knowledge about what savings, is however, it was men who demonstrated greater knowledge about what credit is compared to women, as well as a general interest among university students, both men as women, to continue educating themselves in savings and credit, to make better financial decisions.

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