%0 Journal Article
%T STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DIFFERENT SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS AFFECTING THE EDUCATION OF N-W.F.P (PAKISTAN)
%A Atta Ur RAHMAN
%A Salah UDDIN
%J Journal of Applied Quantitative Methods
%D 2009
%I Association for Development through Science and Education
%X A number of students in the urban and rural areas of N-W.F.P (Pakistan) and control group were collected to examine the various socio-economic factors which affect our education system. A logistic regression was applied to analyze the data and to select a parsimonious model. The response variable for the study is literate (illiterate) person(s) and the risk factors are Father literacy [FE], Father income[FI] Parents¡¯ attitude towards education[PA], Mother literacy [ME], Present examination system [PE], Present education curriculum [PC].The results of the analysis show that the factors Father Education combined with Parents¡¯ Attitude towards Education, Father Income combined with Mother Education, Father Income combined with Parents¡¯ Attitude towards Education are some of the factors which affect the education in N-W.F.P. Thus we concluded that there are a number of socioeconomic factors which affect our education.
%K Logistic Regression
%K Stepwise Regression
%K Wald Test
%K Socio- economic Factors
%U http://www.jaqm.ro/issues/volume-4,issue-1/pdfs/rahman_din.pdf