Socio- Economic Status of the Students' Households of GSC- Mosqueda Campus

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the socio-economic status of the students' households of Mosqueda Campus during the first semester of Academic Year 2013-2014. Descriptive research design was used in this study.

The respondents were the students of GSC Mosqueda Campus who were enrolled in Education, BIT, and BSBA courses from first year to fourth year during the first semester of A.Y. 2013-2014. Stratified random sampling and Slovin's formula were used to identify the sample size.

Results showed that the majority of the students were young, female, and single, and the majority were BIT students. The education of the household head was high school graduate, working as farmers and forest workers, with a monthly income of ₱1,301–6,900.

Almost half of them lived in semi-concrete houses, with the availability of electricity as a source of light and energy. As to household sanitation, the majority sourced their water for cooking from poso/balon/well and dug well for drinking. Most of them used flush/water-sealed toilets and disposed of their wastes by throwing them in a compost pit or burning them.

Results further revealed that when compared to the Regional Poverty Threshold level, the majority of the students' households were considered poor or below the poverty level.