The Relationship between Socioeconomic Status of Parents and their Involvement in School Life

In this study, it was aimed to investigate the relationship between the socioeconomic status of the parents of middle school students and their involvement in the school life of the child. The study is a correlational study and the data were collected through surveys. With the specified purpose, demographic information questionnaire and parental involvement scale were administered to a sample consisting of 926 students in grade 6 through 8, enrolling in the middle schools in the central districts of Erzurum province. Education level of parents and working status of parents were used as indicators of the socioeconomic status of parents. Parental involvement, on the other hand, was addressed with parents’ educational aspiration, parental participation, parental communication, and parental autonomy support. Canonical correlation analysis showed that the education level of the parents and the working status of the father are in a positive relation with the parental involvement in the school life. Based on these findings, it can be said that parents who have high socioeconomic status have a higher aspiration for their children's education, communicate more with their children about school, participate more in activities and meetings in the school, and support more their children's autonomy