EFFECTS OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN OTA LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF OGUN STATE (EDUCATION PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS)
CHAPTER ONE
- INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND STUDY
Socioeconomic statusis an economic and sociological combined total measure of a person’s work experience and of an individual’s or family’s economic and social position relativeto others, based on incomeand education, and occupation (Marmot, Michael, 2004) indicates
When analyzing a family’s social economic status, the household income, earners’ education and occupation are examined, as well as combined income, versus with an individual, when their own attributes are assessed.Lareau, Annette ( 2003) observes that
Socioeconomic status is typically broken into three categories, high, middle,and lowto describe the three areas a familyor an individual may fall into when placing a family or individual into one of these categories any or allof the three variables income,education, and occupationcan be assessed.Additionally, low incomeand little education have shown to be strong predictors of a range of physical and mental health problemsdue to environmental conditions may be the entire cause of that person’ssocial predicament to begin with.Simiyu, J.W (2001) argues that Thefamily income refers towages salaries,profit, rents and any flow of earnings received.Income canalso come in the form of unemployment or workers compensation, social security, pensions, interests or dividends, royalties, trusts, alimony, or other governmental, public, or family financial assistance.Income can belooked at in two terms, relative andabsolute. Absolute income, as theorized by economistKeyenes,is the relationship in which as income increases, so will consumption, but not at the same rate
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EFFECTS OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN OTA LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF OGUN STATE (EDUCATION PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS)
