Abstract :
Individual’s consumptive behavior would give negative effect to a family if the family consist
of individuals with high consumptive behavior. Financial literacy is one of the factors which
may affect
family
financial management. Financial management of eac
h family surely have
difference because of diversity in ethnic. Ethnic difference in family will also give a
difference in financial management since it is related to different characters and principles of
life. This study aimed to examine the effect of fi
nancial literacy on family’s financial
ma
nagement with ethnic as moderating
variable. Instrument of this study was questionnaire
which were distributed to 140 respondents of Javanese at Madiun residency and 96
respondents of Boogies at Makassar. This resea
rch used purposive sampling and
convenience sampling as the sampling technique. The result of this study showed that
financial literacy positively and significantly affect family’s financial management, while
ethnic could not
moderating
and not significant
on the effect of financial literacy on family’s
financial management.
Keyword:
Family’s Financial Management, Financial Literacy, Ethnic.