INFLUENCE OF FAMILY SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN SOBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KADUNA STATE
1 Department of Physical and Health Education, University of Jos, Plateau State
2 Department of Physical and Health Education, University of Maiduguri, Borno State
* Corresponding author: Daniel4gem@gmail.com
2 Department of Physical and Health Education, University of Maiduguri, Borno State
* Corresponding author: Daniel4gem@gmail.com
Abstract
The paper examined the influence of family socioeconomic status on the academic performance of
students in Soba Local Government Area. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The
population for this study comprised all public and private school students in Soba Local Government
Area. A simple random sampling technique of method was used to select secondary schools in Soba
Local Government Area. The researcher wrote the names of the schools in a different sheet of paper
and folded it for someone to pick four (4) schools that were used for this study. The purposive sampling
technique was used to select fifty (50) students from each school selected with the total of two hundred
(200) secondary school students serving as the respondents for the study. A correlation coefficient of
0.61 was obtained and thus shows that the instrument is reliable for the study. Data collected were
analysed using percentages and frequency count and the hypotheses were tested using the chi-square
statistical method. The result of the findings revealed that the socioeconomic status of the family has a
significant influence on the academic performance of students and single parent has a significant
influence on the academic performance of students in Soba Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
It was concluded that the socio-economic status of parents, as well as single parent’s influence on
academic performance of students in Soba local Government Area, cannot be over-emphasized. In light
of the results of this study, the recommendation was made that parents should work harder to increase
their income level. This will have a positive effect on the academic performance of students. It was also
recommended that single parents that are promiscuous or humanizers should repent and create more
time to look into the academic performance of the children in school.
Keywords
family
socio-economic Status
single parenting and academic performance
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How to Cite
ENYIKWOLA, R. O., Daniel, N. O., & Eche, O. E. (2021). INFLUENCE OF FAMILY SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN SOBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KADUNA STATE. Global Journal of Health Related Researches, 3(2), 107-113. https://doi.org/10.67203/gjhrr.2021.hk04vha0
R. O. ENYIKWOLA, N. O. Daniel, and O. E. Eche, "INFLUENCE OF FAMILY SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN SOBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KADUNA STATE," Global Journal of Health Related Researches, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 107-113, July 2021. doi: 10.67203/gjhrr.2021.hk04vha0