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Parental Involvement in the Academic Performance of Students in Ghana: Socio-Economic Status

Table 2.

Cross Tabulation of Parental Involvement Levelsand Academic Performance of Students.

			Academic Performance			Total	X²
			Poor	Average	Good	Total	X²
Parental Involvement	Low	Count/%	122 (67)	53 (29.1)	7 (3.8)	182	12.80**
	Low	Academic (%)	63.2	42.7	53.8	55.2
	High	Count/%	71 (48)	71 (48)	6 (4)	148
	High	Academic (%)	36.8	57.3	46.2	44.8

**P<0.01; Poor (0-49%); Average (50-70%); Good (71-100%); N = 330

Note: Percentage per parental involvement representation is in parentheses

Note: Percentage per parental involvement representation is in parentheses