IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/bcp/journl/v7y2023i9p1728-1734.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Large Family Size as a Factor of Academic Performance among Senior Secondary School Students in Sokoto Metropolis: Implication for Counselling

Author

Listed:
  • S. Y. Tsagem

    (Department of Educational Foundations, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto – Nigeria)

  • LAMIDO, Rilwanu Muazu

    (Department of Educational Foundations, Sokoto State University, Sokoto – Nigeria)

  • SANI, Habiba Bodinga

    (Department of Educational Foundations, Sokoto State University, Sokoto – Nigeria)

Abstract

The study investigates family size as correlate of academic performance among senior secondary school students in Sokoto metropolis using correlational research design. The population of the study comprised of 8,185 students. The study uses a sample of 365 SS I students. Two research instruments; Family Size Questionnaire (FSQ) and Academic Performance Test in English (APTIE) and Mathematics (APTIM) are used for data collection. Two hypotheses were formulated and tested. Also, Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to test the hypotheses. The findings reveal positive significant relationship between family size and academic performance. It concludes that family size is a determinant of students’ academic performance. The study therefore recommends that parents should try to keep a family that their socio-economic status can maintain.

Suggested Citation

  • S. Y. Tsagem & LAMIDO, Rilwanu Muazu & SANI, Habiba Bodinga, 2023. "Large Family Size as a Factor of Academic Performance among Senior Secondary School Students in Sokoto Metropolis: Implication for Counselling," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 7(9), pages 1728-1734, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bcp:journl:v:7:y:2023:i:9:p:1728-1734
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/Digital-Library/volume-7-issue-9/1728-1734.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/articles/large-family-size-as-a-factor-of-academic-performance-among-senior-secondary-school-students-in-sokoto-metropolis-implication-for-counselling/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bcp:journl:v:7:y:2023:i:9:p:1728-1734. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Dr. Pawan Verma (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.