FAMILY SIZE, PEER INFLUENCE AND SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT AS PREDICTORS OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN IBADAN NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF OYO STATE

Abstract

This study focuses on the influence of family size, peer influence and school environment on academic performance of secondary school students Ibadan North Local Government area of Oyo State.  The objectives of the study include among other; to determine the effect of family size on academic performance of secondary school students; to establish the effect of peer influence on academic performance of secondary school students; to examine the effect of school environments on academic performance of secondary school students. A random sampling technique was used to select a total number of one hundred (100) respondents for the study. Questionnaire were administered and analyzed through inferential statistics of chi-square to analyse the hypotheses postulated for the study. Findings revealed among others that there is a significant association between student’s academic performance and the number of wives a father had; there is a significant relationship between peer influence and academic performance of students and insignificant correlation between school discipline and safety and students’ academic achievement.