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Influence of socio-economic background on the self – Esteem of adolescent girls in senior high school in the Ho municipality

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dc.contributor.author Ahedor, Beatrice
dc.date.accessioned 2019-11-19T12:18:48Z
dc.date.available 2019-11-19T12:18:48Z
dc.date.issued 2019-03
dc.identifier.issn 23105496
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3858
dc.description xi,134:,ill en_US
dc.description.abstract The study sought to investigate the influence of socio-economic background on self-esteem of female adolescent students in the Ho Municipality in the Volta Region of Ghana. The study employed a descriptive survey design with the quantitative approach. A sample of 400 female adolescent Senior High School students were used for the study. The participants were selected using the simple random and purposive sampling procedures. A close-ended type questionnaire developed by the researcher was used and it comprised three (3) sections (A-C) containing 30 items. Data were analysed using inferential statistics (ANOVA, Chi-square (χ2), independent samples t-test) and descriptive statistics (means, standard deviations, frequencies and percentages). The study revealed that female adolescent students in the Ho Municipality had high self-esteem. Furthermore, it was revealed that their selfesteem was not different based on their age category. The findings of the study indicated that adolescent girls understood who they were through counselling and parental advice and related positively with their peers which improved their self-esteem. It was therefore recommended that female adolescent students be guided through life irrespective of their background. Again, the adolescents should be helped to build their self-esteem and this may be included in their social studies curriculum. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher University of Cape coast en_US
dc.subject Population Distribution of the Schools en_US
dc.subject Sample size for individual schools en_US
dc.subject Demographic Characteristics of the Students en_US
dc.subject Demographic Characteristics of the Students en_US
dc.title Influence of socio-economic background on the self – Esteem of adolescent girls in senior high school in the Ho municipality en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US


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