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Parental involvement in education among urban families in Malaysia

Parental involvement is one of the determinants of students' academic achievement. However, low parental involvement has been identified as one of the deterrence to improve the quality of education in Malaysia. This paper aimed to investigate this issue by examining the determinants of parental...

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Main Authors: Mohd Satar, NurulHuda, Zakaria, Roza Hazli, Ishak, Nur Annizah
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Published: Univ Malaya, Dept Southeast Asian Studies, Fac Arts & Social Sciences 2020
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spelling my.um.eprints.288942022-04-18T01:49:53Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/28894/ Parental involvement in education among urban families in Malaysia Mohd Satar, NurulHuda Zakaria, Roza Hazli Ishak, Nur Annizah H Social Sciences (General) Parental involvement is one of the determinants of students' academic achievement. However, low parental involvement has been identified as one of the deterrence to improve the quality of education in Malaysia. This paper aimed to investigate this issue by examining the determinants of parental involvement at home among urban households with primary school-aged children. Using 744 self-reported data collected through a survey on households in Klang Valley, Malaysia, a score of home-based involvement was constructed. The estimation of the home-based involvement score against socio-economic characteristics of households suggested that families with younger and married parents involved favourably more in their children's education as compared to older and single-parent households. On the other hand, households with both parents working involved less in their children's education. However, at the same time, the involvement was found to be influenced positively by household income. As dual-earner families received larger income, this might offset the negative effect of dual-earner characteristic on involvement. The interaction between income and dual-earner variables revealed that the effect of income was canceled out when both parents are working, and they were from higher income group. In the case of middle-income group however, the higher income due to dual earnings did not compensate the lower commitment devoted to their children's education, which led to a negative total effect. These findings suggested a dilemma faced by the urban families, especially those of middle income. Univ Malaya, Dept Southeast Asian Studies, Fac Arts & Social Sciences 2020-12 Article PeerReviewed Mohd Satar, NurulHuda and Zakaria, Roza Hazli and Ishak, Nur Annizah (2020) Parental involvement in education among urban families in Malaysia. Jati-Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 25 (2). pp. 60-85. ISSN 1823-4127, DOI https://doi.org/10.22452/jati.vol25no2.4 <https://doi.org/10.22452/jati.vol25no2.4>. 10.22452/jati.vol25no2.4
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topic H Social Sciences (General)
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
Mohd Satar, NurulHuda
Zakaria, Roza Hazli
Ishak, Nur Annizah
Parental involvement in education among urban families in Malaysia
description Parental involvement is one of the determinants of students' academic achievement. However, low parental involvement has been identified as one of the deterrence to improve the quality of education in Malaysia. This paper aimed to investigate this issue by examining the determinants of parental involvement at home among urban households with primary school-aged children. Using 744 self-reported data collected through a survey on households in Klang Valley, Malaysia, a score of home-based involvement was constructed. The estimation of the home-based involvement score against socio-economic characteristics of households suggested that families with younger and married parents involved favourably more in their children's education as compared to older and single-parent households. On the other hand, households with both parents working involved less in their children's education. However, at the same time, the involvement was found to be influenced positively by household income. As dual-earner families received larger income, this might offset the negative effect of dual-earner characteristic on involvement. The interaction between income and dual-earner variables revealed that the effect of income was canceled out when both parents are working, and they were from higher income group. In the case of middle-income group however, the higher income due to dual earnings did not compensate the lower commitment devoted to their children's education, which led to a negative total effect. These findings suggested a dilemma faced by the urban families, especially those of middle income.
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author Mohd Satar, NurulHuda
Zakaria, Roza Hazli
Ishak, Nur Annizah
author_facet Mohd Satar, NurulHuda
Zakaria, Roza Hazli
Ishak, Nur Annizah
author_sort Mohd Satar, NurulHuda
title Parental involvement in education among urban families in Malaysia
title_short Parental involvement in education among urban families in Malaysia
title_full Parental involvement in education among urban families in Malaysia
title_fullStr Parental involvement in education among urban families in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Parental involvement in education among urban families in Malaysia
title_sort parental involvement in education among urban families in malaysia
publisher Univ Malaya, Dept Southeast Asian Studies, Fac Arts & Social Sciences
publishDate 2020
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/28894/
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