Socioeconomic Status and Academic Achievement at Secondary Schools in Mogadishu-Somalia

This current study attempts to identify the effect of socioeconomic status on academic achievement from secondary schools in Mogadishu, Somalia. The paper had three main objectives which are: 1) to determine the relationship between parents ’education and academic achievement at secondary schools in Mogadishu, Somalia. 2) To examine the relationship between parents ’occupation and academic achievement at secondary schools in Mogadishu, Somalia. 3) To explore the relationship between parents ’income and academic achievement at secondary schools in Mogadishu, Somalia. The researchers utilized convenient sampling to collect 80 questionnaires from eight secondary schools in Mogadishu, Somalia. Teachers of these schools were provided a questionnaire with four main construct which measuring parents ’education, parents ’occupation, parents ’income and academic achievement.. However, using correlation coefficient, the study found that academic achievement (Dependent variable) had significant positive influence with three independent variables namely, parents ’education, parents ’occupation and parents ’income. Also, the result of regression analysis found that three constructs had statistically significant, affirmative, and straight effects on the academic achievement.