STUDENTS’ PARENTAL STATUS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTENTION IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA

Authors

  • Chinyere Dorathy Wagbara PhD, Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
  • Ezekiel Usip Mfon PhD, Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejes.v10i7.4886

Keywords:

students, parental status, entrepreneurship intention, secondary schools, Rivers State

Abstract

The study investigated students’ parental status and entrepreneurship intention in secondary schools in Rivers State, Nigeria. Four research questions and four hypotheses were answered and tested in the study. A correlational design was adopted in the study while the population of the study was all the students in secondary schools in Rivers State out of which 300 students were sampled for the study using a proportionate stratified random sampling technique. The instrument used for gathering data was a 20 items questionnaire which was face and content validated by three lecturers from University of Port Harcourt with a Cronbach alpha reliability index of 0.88. Out of the 300 copies of the questionnaire administered, 294 copies which was a 98% retrieval rate. Research questions raised were answered using point biserial correlation while the hypotheses were also tested at 0.05 level of significance. The result of the study showed that household head, parental income, parental education status and parental entrepreneurship status had a relationship of r= 0.359, r=0.787, r=-0.407 and r=0.322 with students’ entrepreneurship intention while only the relationship between parental income and students’ entrepreneurship intention of the students was significant. It was recommended that students should be given the required financial and material support to make their entrepreneurship intention a reality in these schools.

 

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Author Biographies

  • Chinyere Dorathy Wagbara, PhD, Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

    Dr. Chinyere Dorathy Wagbara holds a doctorate degree in Educational Administration, and is a lecturer in the Department of Educational Management, University of Port Harcourt. She has over 20 years of experience, teaching in different fields. Aside teaching, she enjoys counseling young people and reading and is also passionate about women empowerment. She has published several articles and attended numerous conferences in these areas.

  • Ezekiel Usip Mfon, PhD, Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

    Dr. Ezekiel Usip Mfon is a lecturer in the Department of Educational Management and Planning, University of Port Harcourt. She holds a Ph.D. in Business Education (Accounting Education). She is a registered teacher with the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN). She equally holds ICAN in View and has published several articles and participated in numerous conferences.

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2023-06-14

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Vol. 10 No. 7 (2023)

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