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    The Innuence of Family Variables on Students' Academic Achievement in Kolfe Keranyo Sub-City Preparatory Schools in Addis Ababa city administration
    (Addis Ababa University, 2017-06-06) Rebira Dugassa; Dame Abera
    Since conception to independence life,parents take the lion share of responsibility in guiding and supporting their children and adolescents including school performance but adolescents underachievement is becoming a rising social problem. Thus,the purpose of the study was to examine the association between some parent /family variables and preparatory schools ( grade 11 & grade 12) student's academic achievement in Addis Ababa City Administration, Ethiopia. The study employed a descriptive survey as it enabled to describe using large sample size. Using simple random technique, 345 students were sampled for the study. Student record sheet and Questionnaire were adlninistered as the main data collection instrument. The collected data was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics . The findings of this study revealed that students ' academic achievement is significantly influenced by family structure (F (2,342) = 3.189, p<.05) and parents monthly income (F (2,342) = 5.915, p<.05). Also, there were a positive but generally weak correlation between preparatory school students academic achievement and parents education (11 =.265), parents occupation (11 =0.237), SES (11 = .398), parent/family involvement (r =0.062) and the parenting styles (J-= 0.208,p< O.OI).From the findings of this study, the researcher recommended that the Government need to sensitize using media to increase parents involvement at school and home level in relation to students academic activities to enhance their performance. Also, the school administration should fix the number of education days for parents so that parents can be more involved with their children's academic performance. Parents should improve on their family leadership style since this can affect adolescents' performance in higher secondary schools. Finally, since students performance from single parents and lower income families seem less successfull, school counseling, tutorial and educational material support has to be considered