Perception as an Intermediary in the Relationship between Socioeconomic Status, Expectations, and Participation

Abstract

Family participation is needed in education. The level of parental participation for the success of their children in early childhood education still relatively low. The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze the relationship between socioeconomic status, expectations, and participation through parental perceptions in education in North Banjarmasin. This research is classified as descriptive correlational quantitative, with 148 research samples taken from 234 parents. Data were taken using a questionnaire and analyzed descriptively linear regression and path analysis. The results of the study concluded that there is a direct relationship between Socioeconomic Status, Expectations, Perceptions, and Parental Participation; there is an indirect relationship between socioeconomic status and parental participation through perception; there is an indirect relationship between expectations and participation through perception. It is recommended that parents, teachers, and early childhood education unit heads establish communication and socialization so the growing perception that will increase parental participation in education.