Analyzing Value Pattern of Students in relation to their Paternal Education

The purpose of this research was to examine the impact of educational level of fathers on the value pattern of their children. Sample was selected from senior secondary schools of Himachal Pradesh (India) by using simple random sampling. The data was collected from the twelfth class students of the age group of 15-18 years. It was hypothesized that the students having different levels of their paternal education do not differ significantly in their value pattern with respect to political, economic, social and religious values. The statistical technique of twoway ANOVA was used to analyze the data. It has been found that Students with different levels of their paternal education differed significantly in their political value pattern scores. Students whose fathers were illiterate had significantly higher mean of political value pattern scores than those whose fathers were educated up to higher level. In the same fashion, the students, whose fathers were educated up to primary and matriculation levels had significantly higher mean of political value pattern scores than those whose fathers were educated up to higher level. The students with different levels of their fathers’ education did not differ significantly in their economic, social and religious value pattern scores. Paternal education and sex interact significantly with respect to political value pattern scores of students. However, paternal education and sex do not interact significantly with respect to economic, social and religious value pattern scores of students.