Attitude of college students toward girl child
Journal Title: International Journal of Allied Medical Sciences and Clinical Research - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
The present study was aimed to assess the attitude of college students towards girl child in Kerala. A descriptive survey approach was used and the sample consisted of 300 students from three colleges of Kerala. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the sample and a 4-point likert scale was prepared to assess the attitude of students towards girl child. The data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Among the students, 225 students were girls and 75 were boys. Majority (97.3%) of the students were between the age group of 17-20 years. 60 % of the students were doing Information Technology course whereas 23.6% of students are from nursing course and 16.33 % of students are doing Pharmacy course. Findings of the study indicated that 96.7% of the students had positive attitude towards girl child and 3.3 % of them had neutral attitude and none of them had negative attitude. The comparison of attitude of boys and girls was done using‘t’ test and it shows statistical difference at 0.001 level. Girls are having more positive attitude towards girl child than boys
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Sr Merly
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