Study of Home Environment of Secondary School Students in Haryana

Abstract

Home is the place where an individual starts his life. There is a vital contribution of home background in the growth and development of social, emotional, motor, perceptual and cognitive aspects of the individual. Objectives of this study were : (1) To study the home environment of school students; (2)To compare home environment of male and female school students; (3) To compare home environment of rural and urban school students. Sample of 800 senior secondary school students from four districts of Haryana were selected through random sampling method. Home Environment Inventory by Dr. Karuna Shankar Misraused to collect the data. The data was analysed by Product Moment Correlation and Z-test.The main findings are: (1) A significant difference was found in home environment of male and female school students. It is in favour of male students; (2) A significant difference was found in home environment of rural and urban school students. It is in favour of urban school students.