Relationship Between Family Types on Students’ Academic Performance in Argungu Metropolis, Kebbi State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study investigated the Relationship between Family Types and Students’ Academic Performance among Junior Secondary School Students in Argungu Metropolis Kebbi State, Nigeria. To guide the study three research objectives and three hypotheses were raised. correlational research design was employed to carry out the study. The proportional sampling technique was used to select a sample of 274 students from a population of 902 students of the sampled schools. Two instruments, Broken Home Inventory (BHI) questionnaire are used for the data collection, objectives test in English and Mathematics was constructed and results were used as a measure of academic performance of JSS 2 respondents. Data collected was subjected to statistical analysis using Pearson (r). Three null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Analysis of data shows that there is significance relationship between parental separation and students academic performance (r=0.739, p=.0002.) and there is also significant relationship between single parenting and students academic performance (r=0.633, p=0.004.). Where there is also significant relationship between parental divorce and students’ academic performance (r=0.855, p=0.001). On the basis of these findings, it was recommended that counsellors, educational psychologists, teachers and administrators, school authority should organize conferences and workshops that would include parents, stakeholders, and the clergy men of the society in order to enlighten the society about the effect of single parenting, divorce and separation among students at all levels.