The Degree of Participation in Household Chores by Fourth Year Students in Southpoint School

A Baby Thesis Presented to Southpoint School Davao City

In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in Economics IV

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The researchers would like to thank their adviser Ms. Catherine M. Bacus for the time and effort she had extended in making this baby thesis possible despite the time constraint.

To Mr. Kevin Williams Mondragon, Ms. Sheena Lou Tagsa, Mr. Vincent Laurence Boiles, Mr. Jushia Bilao, and Ms. Neiela Fae Noble for the fresh ideas coupled with and inspiration they had provided the researchers so this study was pursued.

CHAPTER 1

THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE

INTRODUCTION

Background study

It has been commonly observed that students of this modern age worldwide are too preoccupied with various extracurricular activities like, playing computer games, spending much time in the social networks over the worldwide web, highly engrossed to various gadgets, hanging out with friends in the malls or elsewhere, and etc. Hence, students tend to ignore the roles they have to portray in their house, which is, doing their household chores.

In the Philippines, much like the rest of the world, the students participation in the household chores has more and more become much of a concern to most parents. With this thought, the researchers are curious as to whether or not this notion is also true among the fourth year students of Southpoint School.

Statement of the Problem How involved are the fourth year students of Southpoint School in their household chores? How often do the fourth year students of Southpoint School participate in their household chores?

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY This study can be helpful to the following group of people: Southies. This study may serve as awareness to the fourth year students of Southpoint School batch 2012-2013 as to how involved they are in the household chores. awareness, they may be given guidance to become more responsible in life. Parents. This is also for the parents to be informed and be updated of the characteristics that describe their children nowadays in the matter of the students participation in household chores. Next Researchers. This study can be a reference for a future study to be conducted by any high school student or whoever may find this study valuable and relevant. With this and encouragement

SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS The study involved the fourth your students of Southpoint School. There were 40 of them which are composed of 2 classes. This only covers the degree of involvement of the seniors in the household chores.

HYPOTHESIS Operational hypothesis: the household chores. Null hypothesis: The fourth year students of Southpoint School regularly participate in household chores. The fourth year students of

Southpoint School rarely if not never really participate in

Definition of Terms Degree The intensity Respondent The one who responds Household chore Any work done in the house Researchers The ones making the study Participation The act of taking part

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sources (books, authors, etc.) that can support your statement. It has to be someone reliable. You are not yet reliable sources to state those things. 3.