TABLE OF CONTENT
DECLARATION
APPROVAL
DEDICATION iv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT V
CHAPTER ONE 1
INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Background of the Study 1
1.2 Statement of the Problem 2
1.3 The Purpose of the Study 3
1 .5 Research Questions
1.6 Significance of the Study 4
1.7 Limitation of the Study 5
1.9 Basic Assumptions S
1.1 1 Organization of the Study
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW 7
2.1 Introduction 7
2.2 Theoretical Review~ 7
2.3 Academic Performance 7
2.4 Family Background and Students’ academic performance 8
2.5 Family Financial Situation 9
2.7 Parental Education Level 12
2.8 Family Size 13
Fig. 1. Conceptual Framework 15
CHAPTER THREE 16
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 16
3.1 Introduction 16
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Table 3.2 Sample Frame .17
3.5 Data Collection Instruments and Procedure 17
3.6 Reliability of the Instruments 18
3.7 Validity of the Instruments 18
CHAPTER FOUR 19
DATA ANALYSIS, PRESENTATION AND INTERPRETATION 19
4.1 Introduction 19
4.2 Respondents return rate 19
Table 4.1 Respondents return rate 19
4.3.2 Gender 19
Table 4.2 Gender distribution of parents and students 20
4.3.3 Category of school attended 20
4.4.1 Academic performance 20
4.4.3 Academic performance of students in the past term 21
4.4.4 Cross-tabulation of improvement of school and category of respondents 21
4.4.5 Trend of performance of child in the past 2 years 22
4.4.6 Cross tabulation of trend of student’s performance and category of respondents 23
4.5.1 Parents marital status and academic performance 23
4.5.2 Parents marital status 23
Table 4.9 Parents marital status 23
4.5.3 Type of family 24
Table 4.10 Type of family 24
4.5.4 Effect of family structure on academic performance 24
4.5.5 Relationship between marital status and academic performance of students 25
4.6.1 Family financial situation and academic performance 26
4.6.2 Family’s main source of income 26
4.6.3 Trend of monthly income 26
4.6.4 Children’s school fees financing 27
Table 4.17 Financing of students school fees 27
4.7.1 Parents’ education level and academic performance of students 28
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Research, SSA "Relationship Between Family Background And Academic Performance Of Secondary Schools Students; A Case Study Of Selected Secondary Schools In Arua Municipality, Arua District, Uganda" Afribary. Afribary, 22 Aug. 2022, https://afribary.com/works/relationship-between-family-background-and-academic-performance-of-secondary-schools-students-acase-study-of-selected-secondary-schools-in-arua-municipality-arua-district-uganda. Accessed 07 Sep. 2024.
Research, SSA . "Relationship Between Family Background And Academic Performance Of Secondary Schools Students; A Case Study Of Selected Secondary Schools In Arua Municipality, Arua District, Uganda". Afribary, Afribary, 22 Aug. 2022. Web. 07 Sep. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/relationship-between-family-background-and-academic-performance-of-secondary-schools-students-acase-study-of-selected-secondary-schools-in-arua-municipality-arua-district-uganda >.
Research, SSA . "Relationship Between Family Background And Academic Performance Of Secondary Schools Students; A Case Study Of Selected Secondary Schools In Arua Municipality, Arua District, Uganda" Afribary (2022). Accessed September 07, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/relationship-between-family-background-and-academic-performance-of-secondary-schools-students-acase-study-of-selected-secondary-schools-in-arua-municipality-arua-district-uganda