THE INFLUENCE OF FINANCIAL PERCEPTIONS ON LOCAL FARMERS’ ATTITUDE IN USING AGRICULTURAL BANK SERVICES IN BLITAR REGENCY

• Main Author: Amalina, Suwaibatul
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/57717
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

According to the database at the government, Blitar Regency is consisted by huge population of local farmers. 31,18% from the total population is occupied as a local farmer. Regarding this fact, the government of Blitar Regency supports the local resources by building and developing several programs in Blitar Raya Agricultural Bank. However, until 2020, only 401 local farmers (0,07% from the total farmer population) are registered as clients of agricultural bank. The purpose of this research is to generate the correlation between several variables of financial perceptions which consist of Financial Well-Being (FWB), Financial Literacy (FL), Financial Capability (FC), and Money Attitude (MA) towards local farmers’ attitude in using agricultural banking services in Blitar Regency (Y). This research uses the theory which stated that financial perception has direct influences on the individual financial attitude. A total of 502 sample which includes local farmers in Blitar Regency were selected. The instruments of this study using previous questionnaire that have been adjusted in terms of language and evaluated by using reliability testing. The output from data collection were analysed using multiple linear regression technique. The findings indicate that there is a high and positive linear relationship between financial well-being, financial literacy, money attitude, and local farmers’ attitude in using agricultural banking services in Blitar Regency. On the other hand, financial capability variable indicates unsignificant relationship with local farmers’ attitude in using agricultural banking services. The findings also proved that the combination of predictor variables of financial perception contributed significantly to the local farmers attitude in using agricultural banking services in Blitar Regency. This study suggested that the manager of Blitar Raya Agricultural Bank should focus more in developing the local farmers’ knowledge in terms of the importance of financial well-being, the level of financial literacy, and money attitude by changing the curriculum of bi-weekly workshop which supported by several material related with financial knowledge