A Study of Study Habits in Middle School Students Based on their Socio-Economic Status, Place of School and Gender

Abstract

The objective of this study was to assess the effect of socio-economic status, place of school and gender on study habits of middle school students. To conduct the study, 200 middle school students belonging to high socioeconomic status, 200 middle school students belonging to middle socioeconomic status and 200 middle school students belonging to low socioeconomic status. The selection of students in three socioeconomic status groups is based on norms given in SES scale. The sample comprise of 300 students from urban schools and 300 students from rural schools. Equal number of male and female students are selected. The stratified purposive sampling was used to select the desired number of students. The socioeconomic status of middle school students was evaluated by SES Scale validated of Upadhyay (2019) while study habits was measured by scale prepated by Dimpal Rani and Jaidka (2015). The analysis revealed a significant main effect of socio-economic status and place of school on study habits of students, but the main effect of gender on study habits of students was non-significant. The two-factor interaction in the form of socio-economic status x place of school and socioeconomic status x gender on study habits of students was statistically significant, while the two-factor interaction between place of school and gender on study habits was statistically not significant. The three-factor interaction effect of socio-economic status x place of school x gender on study habits of students was statistically significant. It was concluded that socio-economic status, place of school and gender need to be considered together while examining study habits of middle school students.