TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION
APPROVAL
DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS v
DEFINITION OF TERMS vi
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES ix
LIST OF FIGURES
ABSTRACT
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 Introduction 1
1.1 Background of the Study 1
1.2 Statement of the Problem 2
1.3 Purpose of the Study 2
1.4 Objectives of the Study 3
1.5 Research questions 3
1.6 Significance of the study 3
1.7 Limitations 4
CHAPTERTWO 5
LITERATURE REVIEW 5
2.1 Introduction 5
2.2 Socio-economic status and students’ academic performance 5
2.3 Socio-economic status and psychological health of student in relation to academic
performance 6
2.4 School environment and student’s academic performance 7
2.5 Family factors and students’ academic performance 8
2.6 Peer factors and students’ academic performance 9
VII
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 11
3.1 Introduction 11
3.2 Research approach
3.3 Research design 11
3.4 Target population and area 11
3.5 Sample size 11
3.6 Sampling method 11
3.7 Research instrument 12
3.8 Data collection techniques 12
3.9 Data analysis procedure 12
CHAPTER FOUR 13
PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION 13
4.0 Background 13
4.1 Analysis of data 14
CHAPTER FIVE 20
SUMMARY, RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION 20
5.0 Introduction 20
5.1 Discussion 20
5.2 Summary 22
5.3 Conclusion 22
5.4 Recommendations 23
REFERENCES 24
APPENDICES 27
APPENDIX I: BUDGET 27
APPENDIX II: TIME FRAME 28
APPENDIX III: QUESTIONNAIRES FOR TEACHERS 29
APPENDIX IV: QUESTIONNAIRES FOR STUDENTS 31
APPENDIX V: CURRICULUM VITAE 33
ABSTRACT This study is about the impact of socio-economic status on students’ performance of West Budama, Tororo district, Uganda. The objectives of the study were to determine the factors influenced the student’s academic performance and the relationship between the socio-economic status and academic performance. To achieve this, a sample of 186 respondents from 6 public secondary schools using simple random sampling, questionnaires were administered to the respondents. Research assistant presented copies of the questionnaires to students to complete and supplementary information was obtained from secondary school academic teacher. Data collected was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Regression analysis was used to establish the relationship between the students’ socio-economic status and academic performance. The liker analysis were used to analyse the data, the results revealed that the students’ socio-economic status influenced student academic performance since education plays a major role in skills sets for acquiring jobs and specific quality that stratity people with higher and lower socio-economic status. The middle class parents takes active role in their children’s education and development by using controlled organized activities and fostering a sense of entitlement through encouraged discussion families with lower income do not participate in this movement, causing their children to have a sense of constraint. A division in education attainment in is thus due two differences in child rearing. Lower income families can have children who do not succeed.
GIRISOM, O (2022). The Impact of Socio-Economic Status On Academic Performance of West Budama Constituency, Tororo District, Uganda. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/the-impact-of-socio-economic-status-on-academic-performance-of-west-budama-constituency-tororo-district-uganda
GIRISOM, ONYANGO "The Impact of Socio-Economic Status On Academic Performance of West Budama Constituency, Tororo District, Uganda" Afribary. Afribary, 25 Aug. 2022, https://afribary.com/works/the-impact-of-socio-economic-status-on-academic-performance-of-west-budama-constituency-tororo-district-uganda. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
GIRISOM, ONYANGO . "The Impact of Socio-Economic Status On Academic Performance of West Budama Constituency, Tororo District, Uganda". Afribary, Afribary, 25 Aug. 2022. Web. 25 Nov. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/the-impact-of-socio-economic-status-on-academic-performance-of-west-budama-constituency-tororo-district-uganda >.
GIRISOM, ONYANGO . "The Impact of Socio-Economic Status On Academic Performance of West Budama Constituency, Tororo District, Uganda" Afribary (2022). Accessed November 25, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/the-impact-of-socio-economic-status-on-academic-performance-of-west-budama-constituency-tororo-district-uganda