Orphan Students' Self-Esteem And Their Relationship Between Socio-Economic Status Among Secondary School Students In Three Districts Of Central Kenya
Keywords:
socio-economic status, self-esteem, students, OrphanAbstract
Self-esteem of children is likely to be influenced by the environment where they are brought up. In effect, the purpose of this study was to find out the relationship between the self-esteem of orphaned secondary students and their socio-economic status in Kirinyaga, Nyeri North and South Nyeri districts of Kenya. The research design was survey. According to district education officers in the three districts, the total population of secondary school students was 58,448. Out of this population, 426 students constituted the sample of this study. Simple random and purposive techniques were used in sampling. A questionnaire was used to collect the data. In data analysis, descriptive and inferential statistics were used in analyzing the data. The major finding of this study was that socio-economic status of orphans influence the development of self-esteem. One of the recommendations of this study was that the Governments should come up with policies that would enable orphans to retain the property of the deceased parents in an attempt to make them meet their physiological and belonging needs.
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