KETERKAITAN ANTARA LITERASI EKONOMI DAN INTENSITAS BEKERJA DENGAN MINAT WIRAUSAHA MAHASISWA AKHIR PRODI PENDIDIKAN EKONOMI

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Understanding economic literacy is the understanding of economics related to human actions to meet the needs of varied and evolving with existing resources so as to apply them in everyday life. Achieving this prosperity can create business opportunities for students as a driver in it. The ability to process the time for those who work is certainly not an obstacle to college and to form interest in entrepreneurship for students. This study aims to determine the relationship of partial and simultaneous between economic literacy and the intensity of working with entrepreneurial interest  of  the  end  of  Economic Education  Study  Program  at  STKIP  PGRI Lumajang. Respondents in this study are students of Economic Education Study Program last semester at STKIP PGRI Lumajang with sample 56 students, taken by proportional random sampling method. The research method used is quantitative with correlational approach. Data

collection using observation techniques, questionnaires, and interviews. The analysis technique uses the moment product correlation of pearson. The results of this study are: 1). student's economic  literacy  is  high,  has  a  very  high  level  of  relationship,  direction  of  positive  and significant relationship with entrepreneurship interest of student final, 2). The intensity of the final student  work  is  moderate, has  a  low  level  of  relationship with  the  direction  of  a  negative relationship but still significant with student entrepreneur interest, 3). Simultaneously there is a positive and significant relationship between economic literacy and work intensity with student entrepreneur interest. Advice  for  students to  develop creativity in  entrepreneurship. Finding effective learning methods because the majority of students work while studying. Lecturers can deliver lecture materials with methods that match the character and style of student learning. For STKIP PGRI Lumajang able to provide a container to accommodate students' creativity and innovation.

Keywords: economic literacy, work intensity, entrepreneurial interest