Residential Context and Its Impact on Home Environment: A Comparison of Rural and Urban Male Students

Abstract

The study aimed towards determine the status and compare the home environment ten factors between male students attending government schools in rural and urban areas. Male students from urban and rural government schools participated in this study. In order to eliminate sample bias and maintain balance, the same number of individuals were selected from each group. For the survey, 80 students in grades nine through twelve were selected at random. From Kendriya Vidyalaya (Government School) in rural areas, forty students were selected, and from Kendriya Vidyalaya (Government School) in urban areas, forty. Residency (rural vs. urban) had a significant multivariate impact on home environment variables (Wilks’ Lambda =.411, p <.001, η² =.589), such as control, protectiveness, punishment, conformity, social isolation, reward, deprivation of privileges, nurturing, rejection, and permissiveness of male students attending government schools, according to multivariate tests (MANOVA). Both rural and urban male students attending government schools come from a wide range of backgrounds.