Financial Problem Among International Students: Mixed Data Survey

1. How long you have been in the country? a) less than 6 month; b) 6 month to 1 year; c) 1-3 years; d) 3-5 years; e) above 5 years

2. How much did you spend per week? a) below 300 dollar; b) 300-500 dollar; c) 500-800 dollar; d) 800-1000 dollar; e) above 1000 dollar Type of accommodation you live in? a) share house; b) apartment; c) Hostel; d) homestay; e) other Do you cook food or eat out? a) cook; b) eat out

3. What are your modes of transportation? a) taxi; b) bus; c) car; d) walking; e) bicycle

Survey Overview

The purpose of the paper is to provide information regarding the mixed data survey as well as critical reflection on the financial problem among the international students. The paper will also discuss on the questionnaires formed for the survey.

The research is being formed on the financial problem among the International students by the researcher and the chief investigator from the university. The research is being formed by the help of mixed survey where both the quantitative as well as the qualitative information has been provided in the research paper.

The survey is being effectively completed by the help of suitable questionnaires to the local as well as the international university students in Australia. In the survey, effective questionnaires regarding the demographic information than 5 closed question as well as 3 open question are being asked. According to the demographic information most students are from international level with medium family income and mostly there age is within 20 to 30 years. 

Open-ended questions

1. Do you have any extra source of income apart from your family?
2. Do you get any government loan for your education or another service?
3. What is the employment condition of an international student in the country?

The questionnaires are all quite effective for getting adequate information regarding the financial problem faced by international students. This is the major fact that there are no such revised questions regarding the survey within the field. But the revised question that were provided are as follows;

1. Do you perform any part-time job? a) yes; b) no
2. If you are having part-time or the full-time job, then what is the appropriate wages? a) 10-15 dollar/hour; b) 15-20 dollar/hour; c) 20-25 dollar/hour; d) more than 25 dollar/hour
3. How often do you visit your country? a) very often; b) sometime; c) rarely
4. Did your income level support your living within the country?

Ethical consideration for design and administration of questionnaires 

The ethical consideration of the questionnaires begins with the design. It can be seen that the research question rather the survey question along with the objectives needs to be clear. All the questions should be clear and precise to the respondents so that they are not able to get tricked by the people and gather unwanted information¹³. In the term of ethics and administration, it can be seen that the most essential factor is to provide accurate information to the respondents regarding the purpose of the research paper. Another ethical consideration within the design along with the administration of the questionnaires is the confidentiality of information gathered from the respondents¹¹. It is highly essential that the researcher maintain confidentiality as this support the respondents to provide effective view regarding the process. Maintaining the ethics within each of the steps for the research questionnaires is essential to maintain a fair survey for gathering information regarding the development of successful research study. Ethics are considered to be the norms for conducting that distinguish between the wrong as well as right deeds in the research paper⁴. The research needs to follow the appropriate guideline regarding human rights than the compliance with the law along with the conflicts of interest than the health standard and much more. The ethical issue is the vital aspect of performing all type of research survey within the field¹⁴. The ethical consideration for conducting the survey research within the field is essential for the development of respect as well as the justice for the participants. It is one of the most vital and the crucial activity for performing a various working function within the field and also for the development of valuable information regarding the research study.

Questionnaires Design and Administration

The design, administration as well as the format regarding the formation of the questionnaires provide an effective view on the financial problems that are being faced by most of the international students⁶. It can be seen that mostly the international students came on the basis of donation and the sponsorship and they do not have the high or prosperous family background. The questionnaire is designed in such a way that it will help to provide understanding regarding the spending of the student and also their accommodation type will help to understand about their money spending level within the market⁸. Furthermore, it is the clear fact that international students are not applicable to any type of government loan. The tuition fees and other activity within the country are much higher for the international student as compared that with the local students. The design as well as the format of the questionnaire help to provide the most valuable and effective view regarding the financial status and the issue faced by the international student in the foreign country³. Moreover, it can be seen that the cost of exchange rate within the country is also high which leaves little amount to the student for their spending within the country. The questionnaires allow the researcher to have the most effective and the vital information regarding the business development and the working function within the firm for the betterment of the valuable working function⁹. The consideration for the questionnaire administration than the design as well as the format allows the researcher to gather effective view regarding the financial problem faced by the international student with the help of the closed-ended as well as the open-ended questionnaires. The financial problem also leads to other problems like poor accommodation facilities and much more.

The questionnaires that were provided as the original and the basic are considered to be almost perfect for gathering the information regarding the financial problem faced by the international students. The questionnaire on the level of spending and also the accommodation facilities provide an effective view of the valuable working function of the firm within the field¹⁵. The summary of the suggested questionnaires is to gather information regarding the income level of the student family and also regarding the way of getting an international education. There is also the various way that would help the researcher to get an effective view of the financial problem faced by the students like their home education than their living in the country¹⁰. Another effective suggestion for the suitable and valuable questionnaires like the students perform any part-time work to support their living in a foreign country and also questionnaires regarding the wages and the working condition in the country. The questionnaires are formed in the most suitable way to gather the most appropriate and the accurate information from the respondents mainly in term of the closed-ended questions. It is the primary fact that the international students always face the issue regarding their finance and the information can be easily gathered by simply discussing with them regarding the lifestyle and their living of standard in the foreign country¹². Then there are also some other suggested questionnaires like the price of the book they get for their education and also information regarding the number of time for transportation and much more. It is the fact that there is numerous option and which will eventually provide the view on the financial problem faced by the international students². This suggestion effectively allows the researchers to understand the various type of questions that could be utilized within the survey.

None of the changes are made to the questionnaires due to the fact that the formed questionnaires have the ability to provide a valuable view on the financial problem of the students in the foreign country¹. The formed questions help to gather knowledge regarding the accommodation facilities that the students have within the country and also their spending for a week is the most valuable concept to understand regarding their financial problem. The suggestion is also rejected because most of the question are formed as similar to the suggestion provided. For maintaining the effective and valuable questionnaires within the survey the most vital and the crucial activity is to understand the design and the formation for the questions⁵. Closed-ended questions are vital as they provide the accurate information that the researcher was generally found. This type of questionnaires also helps to perform the statistics in a better way for the research study. On the other hand, the open-ended questionnaires provide the eligibility and the scope to the respondents to share their view widely regarding the situation with the researchers⁷. Therefore, the questions formed by the researcher to get the information and the data from the students are quite effective to maintain the statistics and information for the international students. The suggestion is being effectively provided for the research question as the concept is wide where most of the students in the foreign country faced the financial problem regarding their accommodation than their food and other activity for the daily living.

Conclusion

The paper concludes the fact that questionnaires are the vital aspect of gaining the suitable and the appropriate information regarding the facts of financial problem that has been faced by the students. It can be also concluded that most of the issue is regarding the accommodation and food that lead to the poor health condition of the student.

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