The Impact of Parent Education, Household Income on Students’ Academic Achievement As Three Main Socioeconomic Status (SES)
Project no. 32207 · Status: Kapanmış (Yayın bekleniyor) · 2024
Summary
<p>This study used data from 200 high school students who participated in the study to investigate impacts of maternal education, paternal education and family income as three main indicators of socioeconomic status on students’ academic achievement. Data analysis employed correlation, t test and hierarchical regression analysis. Family income (r = 0.703), maternal education (r = 0.682) and paternal education (r = 0. 689) had higher correlations with academic achievement of students. T tests indicated differences, inequalities and gaps in academic achievement between students came from families in higher socioeconomic status and students came from families in low-socioeconomic status. Children whose parents with higher education and higher income levels had higher Grade Point Average in secondary school as academic achievement than children whose parents with lower education and lower income levels. Regression analysis explained 67, 2 % of variance in academic achievement of students. Results showed that family income (β = .250) had a much stronger positive effect on students’ academic achievement than maternal education (β = .167) and paternal education (β = .140). Educational resources in the home such as books, computer and learning resources and materials (β = .231) had the second largest impact on students’ academic achievement and predicted significantly their academic achievement. Similarly, supplementary and supportive education (β = .132) also predicted significantly students’ academic achievement. Mothers’ education, fathers’ education and family income played an important in differences, inequalities and gaps in educational achievement among students from varying socioeconomic backgrounds. </p><p><strong>Keywords</strong>: Socioeconomic status, parent involvement, parent-investment theory, Bourdieu’s theory of cultural and social reproduction, academic achievement, inequalities and gaps in academic achievement</p>