The Effect of Financial Knowledge and life style on Personal Finance Management of Students of Tertiary institutions in Anambra state, Nigeria

Students in tertiary institutions involve in daily use of finance for daily consumption budget. Consumptive and instant lifestyle frequently makes them spend their money for non important needs. Therefore, students need to know and apply personal financial management to be able to smartly manage their finances. The researchers carried out this research to investigate the effect of financial knowledge and life style of tertiary institutions students in Anambra state, Nigeria on personal financial management. The population of the study is 784 which is the total number of third year and final year students of accountancy departments in faculty of management sciences in three different public tertiary institutions in the state. The sample size of 264 was gotten through the sloven’s formula, data was collected through a well structured questionnaire. Data were analyzed using multiple linear Regression Analysis through SPSS version 23, The results of the study on the t test, showed that financial knowledge, and lifestyle had a positive and significant effect on personal financial management in students and from results of the F test, financial behavior and lifestyle jointly have an influence on personal financial management in students of public tertiary institutions in Anambra state Nigeria.