期刊名称：International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
电子版ISSN：2222-6990
出版年度：2011
卷号：1
期号：1
出版社：Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
摘要：This paper investigates the effect of demographic factors on the achievement ofsecondary school students in the Punjab. The demographic factors of the students that are considered inthe study were gender (male/female), urban/rural, family size and income level. The study wasconducted in Punjab, 30 boys and 30 girl's secondary schools were selected and from each 15 urban and15 rural schools were selected. The sample of student consisted of 25 male and 25 female from eachsecondary school. The instruments used for data collection were questionnaires and results of S.S.Cexamination 2007. The researcher visited all the sampled secondary schools and collected the data. Itwas tabulated, analyzed and interpreted by using SPSS software version 16 for chi-square, Pearson'scorrelation and T-test techniques. The major conclusions of the study drawn from the analysis of datawere: (i) Female students excelled from the male students. (ii). Students of urban secondary schoolssecured more positions in S.S.C examination 2007 than rural secondary schools in the Punjab. (iii) Thenumber of students passed in the S.S.C annual examination 2007 of urban secondary schools was betterthan the rural secondary schools. (iv). Family size affected the achievement of the students. (v). Financialpressure left disappointing effects on the performance of hard up learners. All the null hypotheses of thestudy were rejected showing that the demographic factors have significant relationship with thestudents' achievement
