To study the relationship between financial conditions in the home and scholastic achievement of 234 Standard 7 pupils (103 boys, 131 girls), a questionnaire was given to the children who were chosen at random from 34 Junior Secondary Schools in the Mankweng Education Circuit of South Africa. Pearson correlation coefficient and analysis of variance showed no relationship between financial conditions at home and scholastic achievement of children from single-parent and two-parent families.
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