Volume : 6, Issue : 7, July - 2017

VALUES OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RELATION TO THEIR GENDER AND BACKGROUND

Dr. Poonam

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="text-align: justify;">In the present study, an attempt is made to study the influence of Background and Gender on values of secondary school students. For this purpose sample of 200 students (urban and rural) of eight government schools (Four from urban background and four from rural background) of District Rohtak was selected. The subjects were administered the measures of Personal Value Questionnaire by Sherry&amp; Verma. ‘t‘ test was applied to study the significance of difference between means. Findings of this study revealed that urban male students have highest aesthetic, democratic, economic, hedonistic and power value whereas rural males have highest religious and family prestige value. Urban female students have highest social, democratic, economic health, power value whereas; rural female students have highest aesthetic and family prestige values.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><o:p></o:p></p>