Expenditure Trends of University Students and Economic Relations with the Regional Economy: Evidence from Eskisehir


ACAROĞLU H., Gullu M., SEÇİLMİŞ C.

EGE ACADEMIC REVIEW, cilt.18, sa.3, ss.507-520, 2018 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 18 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.21121/eab.2018341153
  • Dergi Adı: EGE ACADEMIC REVIEW
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.507-520
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Universities are contributing to the economy of their region in many ways. In terms of analyzing the role of university students in this contribution, it is important that students' demographics, their thoughts about the region, their income and spending habits are known. In this study, a questionnaire was applied to analyze the expenditure trends of the students and their contribution to the Eskisehir economy studying at Eskisehir Osmangazi University. %89.1 of the students stated that they knew Eskisehir, %52 stated that student costs were normal, and %60.9 stated that food and drink prices were normal. Also, %41.1 of the students prefers to stay with their friends and %43.1 of them thinks that the cost of living is high. The variance analysis is made for showing the differences between groups. As a result, it is observed differences between various groups.