Analysis of Parents’ Attitudes towards Education of their Children in Multan
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https://doi.org/10.63468/sshrr.404Keywords:
attitude, children education, Multan divisionAbstract
This study investigates the attitude of parents towards the education of their children. The data was collected by administering an agree-disagree type questionnaire through the personal visits to two hundred and forty parents, selected through multistage sampling from Multan, Khanewal, Lodhran and Vehari districts of Multan division.
The collected data was analyzed by using SPSS 20 software. Factor analysis with Varimax rotation yielded five factors: 1-Parents’ preferences for the education of their sons and daughters 2-access of education to both the genders 3-Parental problems for the children’s education 4-quality and type of educational institutions parents wished for the education of their children 5-sociocultural motives for the education of children. All the five factors explain 37.855% of common variance. Cronbach Alpha reliability of all the factors was no less than .7 acceptable range. Moreover, the data set satisfied Bartlet Test of Sphericity and Kayser Mayer Sampling Adequacy Tests showing the suitability of the data set for factorization. Frequency, percentages, mean scores, standard deviation, independent t test, paired sample t test were calculated from the data. It was found the vast majority of the parents (more than 90%) have positive attitude towards the education of their children. Socioeconomic and cultural factors have adverse effect on the parents’ attitude regarding the education of their children. It is recommended that the government should support the parents for the education of their children.
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