FAMILY POPULATION ECONOMIC INSTABILITY AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AMONG PUBLIC SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN PORT HARCOURT METROPOLIS R\S.
Keywords:
Family, Population, Economic, Instability, Academic, Performance, StudentsAbstract
The study examined the relationship between family population, economic instability and academic performance of students in English language among public senior secondary schools in Port Harcourt metropolis, Rivers state. Two research questions and null hypotheses were used for the study. The study adopted a correlational study design. The sample consisted of 250 respondents selected randomly from a total of 371 senior secondary schools. An instrument titled: Family population, economic instability and academic performance (FPEIAP) was self designed and used for data collection. The instrument was duly validated by experts from the Department of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education. A reliability index of 0.735 was obtained using Cronbach alpha statistics. Data collected from research questions were analyzed using mean and standard deviation while the hypothesis were tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The major findings of the study indicate that family population and economic performance of students in English language. However, it was recommended that Rivers State Government should enact a law that limits the number of children per household.