Investigating Parents' Socio-Economic Background and Academic Performance of Business Studies Students in Secondary School in Calabar Municipality, Cross River State

@article{1702463,
      author = {Ndum, Victor Etim (Ph.D), Udoye, Rita Nneka (Ph.D)},
      title = {Investigating Parents' Socio-Economic Background and Academic Performance of Business Studies Students in Secondary School in Calabar Municipality, Cross River State},
      journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
      year = {2020},
      volume = {4},
      number = {2},
      pages = {146-151},
      issn = {2456-8880},
      url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1702463.pdf},
      abstract = {In this study the authors investigated Parents? Socio-Economic Background and Academic Performance of Business Studies Students in Secondary School in Calabar Municipality, Cross River State, Nigeria. Two null hypotheses were formulated. Ex-post facto research design was adopted and a sample of two hundred (200) students was selected for the study. The selection was done through stratified random sampling technique. A twenty (20) likert scale instrument ?Parents? Socioeconomic Background Questionnaire (PSBQ)? was used for data collection. All hypotheses were subjected to testing at .05 level of significance, with relative degree of freedom, using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Analysis. The result of the analysis showed that, parents? occupation and income status influence academic performance of secondary school business studies students in Calabar Municipality. Based on the findings, it was recommended that Parents should be encouraged to engage in more productive endeavours and could create entrepreneurial friendly atmosphere for the people to enhance their capacities and ensure increase in income and better jobs.},
      keywords = {Academic performance, Government, Parents, Socio-economic background},
      month = {August},
  }