Perceived parental support in decision making

This study attempts to portray the parental support and their involvement in the decision making process, as perceived by the undergraduate students. The demographic attributes analyzed were the family type, residential status, education, occupation and income of the parents. The parental support includes five dimensions namely, supporting higher education decisions, financial decisions, purchase decisions marriage decisions and sending abroad. The study highlights the fact that Income of the parents plays a greater role in decision making process and there exists no significant relationship between the abovementioned demographic variables and the other four dimensions of parental support.