Volume 18, No. 6, 2021
Research Study About Socio-Economic Status Of Parents And Its Effects On TheirChildren’s Academic Performance At Secondary Level
Mr. Asad Khan , Mr. Javed Iqbal , Dr. Niaz Ajiz , Dr. Asfandiyar & Mr. Muhammad Zulfiqar
Abstract
This study investigates socio-economic status of parents and its effect on their children academic achievement at secondary level in District Nowshera, Pakistan. The objectives of this study are 1: To identify about the socio-economics status of parents and its effect on academic performance of their children at secondarylevel. 2: To identify about the educational status of parents and its effect on their children academic performance at secondary level. 3: To investigate occupation of parents and its effect on their children academic performance at secondary level. For academic achievement, socio-economic status of parents is very important. If the socio-economic status of parents are high then the academic achievement of their children is also high. The population of this study is the students of secondary (9th and10th classes) level of District Nowshera. By random sampling eight schools has been selected. Two hundred and eighty-six respondents were selected for collecting data. The data is collected with the help of research questionnaire, which is consisted on three portions. Each portion have ten questions having three possible options like yes, no and don‘t know. SPSS is used for interpretation of data and statistics were calculated. The result of present study shows that Socio economic factors of the parents lead to academic performance of the students. The existing study also concludes that parental education is motivating factor for the academic performance of the students. Finally, the study explores that profession of the parents is motivating factor for children to learn and improve academic performance of the students.
Pages: 7795-7806
Keywords: Socio-economic status, Academic Achievement, Secondary School.