The Relationship Between Parents’ Sosio-Economic Status with the Aspiration of Child Education in Cahyou Randu Village in Pagar Dewa

Abstract

This research is based on the low level of education in Cahyou Randu village. The purpose of this research are to (1) to know the relation of the parent’s sosio-economic status as the civil servant with the aspiration of the children's education, (2) to know the relation of the parent’s sosio-economic status as the entrepreneur with the aspiration of the child's education, (3) to know the parent’s sosio-economic status as the farmer with the aspirations of children's education. The research method that used in this research is quantitative method. The population of this study is 1184 with total sample 92 people. The sampling technique of this research is using proportional random sampling. The data collection techniques is using questionnaires, and interviews. The hypothesis test is using simple correlation analysis. The result of data analysis shows (1) Parent’s sosio-economic status (Category of civil servant) can influence aspiration of parent education to education of child equal to 88,2%. (2) Parent’s sosio-economic status (Self-employed category) can affect parent education aspiration to education of children equal to 56,2%. (3) Parent’s sosio-economic status (Farmer category) can only affect the aspiration of parent education on child education by 32.1%.

Keywords: sosio-economic status, aspiration, children's education