Abstract
The present study was conducted to find the relationship of different levels of socioeconomic status in managing the academic achievement of their children at secondary level. The objectives of the study were; 1) To explore different levels of parental socioeconomic status of students 2) to assess the academic achievement of students at different levels of socioeconomic status 3) to find the relationship of different levels of socioeconomic status with academic achievement of secondary school students. For the achievement of objectives, Data of 1438 students were collected from 84 schools of Abbotabad, Haripur and Mansehra, of Hazara Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan through a pre-framed questionnaire whereas marks obtained in Grade 9 were taken as Students’ academic achievement. The data was analyzed by using and percentage, and Pearson Correlation coefficient. The Results indicated that the students belonging to average and above average level of socioeconomic status academically perform better at secondary level. Further, in depth analysis found a significant positive correlation between average and above average levels of socioeconomic status and academic achievement of students.

Syed Afzal Shah, Shakeel Ahmad, Jamil Ahmad Chitrali. (2016) Relationship of Different Levels of Socioeconomic Status and Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students, Putaj Humanities And Social Science, Volume-23, Issue-2.
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