A CO-RELATIONAL STUDY OF FAMILY INCOME AND POOR PARENTING IN CHILD’S EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN DISTRICT DIR LOWER, PAKISTAN
NASAR KHAN
Department of Sociology, University of Malakand, Kyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
ARAB NAZ *
Department of Sociology and Social Work, University of Malakand, Pakistan
NASIM KHAN
Department of Sociology, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan
SARFARAZ KHAN
Department of Sociology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
IKRAM SHAH
Department of Development Studies, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan
ZAKIR HUSSAIN
Department of Sociology, University of Malakand, Kyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Family income and parenting are important factors while considering child educational performance. The current study is based on literary as well as field information, which explores the role of family income and poor parenting in child educational performance. In order to explore the relationship between family income and child educational performance, the relevant literature has been reviewed where the empirical data was collected from 240 school teachers selected from a population of 2311 through random sampling technique. The data has been collected through structured interview schedule, which is further analyzed statistically in the form of tables while correlation test has been used to determine the relationship between low family income, poor parenting and child educational performance. The analysis indicates that children living in families with low income and poor parenting have poor educational performance.
Keywords: Low income, parenting, education, performance, family