The Impact of Socio-economic Characteristics of School Teachers on their Job Performance

Shahbaz Ahmad,Muhammad Tanveer Khaliq ,Ghulam Farid,Nazia Ashraf,Mudassar Yasin

doi:10.52223/jei0102194

Abstract

The study underhand is aimed to estimate the impact of socioeconomic characteristics of school teachers on their job performance. The data were collected by using well-structured and pre-tested questionnaire. A sample of 200 respondents from ESTs elementary school female teachers were selected through simple random sampling technique from tehsil Vehari. Descriptive statistics i.e. frequency, percentage and mean values were used to analyze the data. The results showed that the teacher performance was depending on many factors i.e. free accommodation, weekly duty allowances, advance payment from the school in case of financial problem, provision of prizes, provision of free medical care and a satisfactory standard of living. The result also showed that the salary and financial benefits have high impact on teachers’ performance. The results also found significant impact of socioeconomic characteristics on teacher’s performance

Highlights

The term Socio-economic status includes two variables; the social status and economic status
Social status is assimilated by social position and economic status, which is related to the economy a person
The definitions of socioeconomic status stress that, as a construct, it is restricted, it is forced on people, it is used for comparisons, and it is based on opportunity, economics and means of effect

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The term Socio-economic status includes two variables; the social status and economic status. According to Parson et al, (2001) “The term Socioeconomic status is used to differentiate between people’s relative position in the society in rapports of family income, educational background, political power and occupational status”. The definitions of socioeconomic status stress that, as a construct, it is restricted, it is forced on people, it is used for comparisons, and it is based on opportunity, economics and means of effect. It is the grouping of people with similar professional, educational, and economic characteristics (Santrock, 2004). Race may be deliberated a factor because Blacks and Latinos are unreasonably

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