Abstract
Poverty is one of the significant problems, and almost all countries worldwide face poverty issues that negatively impact society. This study is written to investigate the students' knowledge and awareness of poverty and interest level in conducting e-business and garage sales. Also, examine the relationship of knowledge and awareness on students' intention to conduct e-business and garage sales. There were 152 respondents from the same university who participated in this study. The data analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics performed by SPSS-23 and SmartPLS 3.3.3. The survey showed that the student's knowledge and awareness of poverty are still lacking and need improvement. Half of the respondents said they are not familiar with SDG1, and they were not aware that their university has done an event related to SDG1 and poverty. There were 25% and 85% of students interested in conducting e-business and garage sales that increased their pocket money and reduced poverty rates among university students. Overall, this study's result shows a positive response from all respondents, and most of them have general ideas of poverty. In addition, this study has identified that the variable knowledge and awareness have a significant positive effect on student's intention to conduct e-business and garage sales.
Highlights
Poverty is the main challenge and problem faced by every society
In project management, creating productive employment opportunities is essential for achieving poverty alleviation, sustainable economic and social development
The education on poverty and SDG1 needs to be revealed to all university students and involve the students in a programme or event related to poverty and SDG1
Summary
Poverty is the main challenge and problem faced by every society. In 1990, the global rate of people with extreme poverty was 36%, and the global rate decreased to 10% in 2015. Individual income, assets, competence, confidence, disempowerment, and currency rate are crucial factors that influence each individual's poverty stage Other factors, such as knowledge, education, and skill development, affect people's living. The teenagers live without their parents or guidance where they live in a hostel and campus with their financial management and some of them are struggling to manage their finances to survive their living cost This teenager is usually the teenager who likes to further their studies after the high school stage. Some of them can manage the living cost with good financial management Their situation changed when they came to the university as they couldn't depend too much on their parents or guidance. Some of them need to look for extra income by working part-time to cover their living cost
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