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The Influence of Parent’s Status Sosio-Economics (SSE) On Academic
Performance of Social Science Students at
University Malaysia Terengganu (UMT)
Siti Nor Shaherah Azwani binti Abdullah
Supervisor: Dr Noor Haslina binti Mohamad Akhir
Bachelor of Economics (Natural Resources)
School of Social and Economic Development
Nowadays, the parent’s function in ensuring the academic performance of their children
is decreasing because of the impact of economic development. The objective of this study
is to identify the relationship between SSE of parents and academic performance of social
science students at UMT. In this study, the respondent consists 140 of social science
students and they were chosen through simple and strata sampling techniques.
Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) is used as a proxy for academic performance
while SSE of parents is measured by their occupation, monthly income and level of
education. The researcher used a descriptive analysis, crosstab test and Multiple Linear
Regression Model to analyze the result by using Statistic Package for Social Science
(SPSS) software. From the questionnaire that had been distributed to respondents, the
result showed that the parent’s occupation, monthly income and level of education is not
significance to explained academic performance of social science student at UMT. In
addition, the results of this study show that the most dominant factor that can influence
the academic performance is the frequency of student’s revision and the positive attitude
of the students.
1500 | UMT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH DAY 2018