Pengaruh Pengetahuan Santri Pondok Pesantren Al-Ittihad Mojokerto tentang Perbankan Syariah terhadap Minat Menabung di Bank Syariah

Nowadays, Islamic banking grows very rapidly. The increasing numbers of Islamic banking in Indonesia were evidenced. In addition, the growth of Islamic banking assets is greater, when compared to conventional banks. However, the assets that owned by Islamic banking are still lagging behind compared by conventional banks. This study aims to determine the correlation between the knowledge owned by students of Al-Ittihad Mojokerto Islamic boarding school to the interest in saving in Islamic banking. The method of this study used a quantitative approach in form of quantitative correlation research and the data collection method used questionnaires. The results of this study, the significance value of the variable students’ knowledge was equal to .000 < .05 and there was a positive influence between the variable of knowledge of students about Islamic banking (X) towards the interest in saving in Islamic banking (Y). Therefore, Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted. Moreover, the result of r_ (count) is .753 greater than r_ (table), which is equal to .195. According to the criteria, the relationship between the dependent and independent variables showed a strong and significant correlation between the variable knowledge of students and interest in saving. Moreover, the knowledge was greater so, the interest of saving also was greater. It was expected for further research, in order to increase the number of respondents and variables. The results of further research can be further elaborated