CHAPTER IV
PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA
Presented in this chapter are the results of the study and the corresponding
analysis and interpretation of data.
Socio – Demographic Profiles of the Respondents
The first research problem focused on determining the socio-demographic profile
of the respondents in terms of age, gender, and parents’highest educational attainment
among Grade 10 High School students in Manongol National High School, Manongol,
Kidapawan City
Age
The ages of the student – respondents ranged from 14 to 17 years old. As shown in table
1, majority of the respondents 33 or 51.56% belong to age 15, followed by 21 or 32.81%
under 16-year-old. From among them there were 9 or 14% respondents falls on age 17,
and the remaining 1 respondent or 1.56% was 14-year-old.
The finding expresses that the majority of the respondents are adolescents—no longer a
child but not yet an adult either. This is a time of big intellectual, social, and emotional
development.
The result is supported by the fact that the age of the students may also be one of the
factors that can influence readiness of young people towards entrepreneurial activities.
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Gender
Out of 64 total number of respondents, 35 or 54.68% of the respondents were
female. Only 28 or 43.75% constituted the male respondents and 1 or 1.5% of the
respondents is Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT). This signifies that the
number of male High School students from Manongol National High School is
outnumbered by the female students.
Based on the findings, female respondents are more likely to venture in business
than male.
The fact that females are a source of entrepreneurial talent (OCED, 2003) and an
instrument of development (Ahl,2006). Female entrepreneurship is viewed as an
emancipatory act of change creation (Rindova et.al,2009). Practitioners want more
women with good ideas to consider entrepreneurship as a career option.
Parents ‘Highest Educational Attainment
In terms of highest educational attainment, 21 or 32.82% of the parents’
respondents were holders of Bachelor’s degree, 6 or 9.37% had reached college level, 4
or 6.25% of the parents’ respondents were Post graduate, 16 or 25% indicated that they
were already a High school graduate, 10 or 15.62% of the parents’ respondents were
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High school level, 6 or 9.37% indicated that they were elementary graduate and only 1 or
1.56% of the parents’ respondents had reached elementary level.
The result implies that respondents’ parents have successfully completed a
degree. The finding is enforced by the view that a person’s career can be influenced by
family education, lifestyle, class structure, present lifestyle, experience and social issues
(Gibb and Ritchie ,1982).