The consumer knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of a probability sample of English public CEGEP (Grades XII and XIII) students in the province of Quebec are investigated to provide a basis for the development of consumer education curricula. Results indicate that consumer knowledge and/or self assessment is low in the area of personal finances, credit usage and consumer protection. Language and sex are significantly associated with consumer knowledge scores; lower scores are more likely if a language other than French or English was spoken in the childhood home, and if the student is female. Previous courses taken with consumer related content significantly improved consumer knowledge scores. Respondents are aware of their level of consumer knowledge based on self assessment and knowledge scores obtained. Generally, respondents judge school and the family as the most useful sources of consumer knowledge; the contribution of the family is not valued highly by respondents who spoke a language other than French or English at home. Support for courses in consumer education is almost unanimous.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.72082 |
| Date | January 1987 |
| Creators | Stafford Smith, Betty, 1935- |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy (Department of Secondary Education.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 000419696, proquestno: AAINL38218, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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