Data on the impact of socioeconomic status on academic achievement among students in Malaysian public universities

Sulaiman, Nor Fatimah Che; Akhir, Noor Haslina Mohamad; Hussain, Nor Ermawati; Jamin, Rahaya Md.; Ramli, Nur Hafizah

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2020.106018

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“…Further, female students exceeded the number of male students in the sample which could be attributed to the greater number of females in the sample frame. Similar trend is reported in many studies conducted on university students in Malaysia (27). Regarding ethnicity, the sample had representation from all major ethnic groups in Malaysia (28).…”

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Entrepreneurial Intention of Medical Students in Malaysia: Does Socio-Demographic Profile Matter?

Ashok Kumar,

Azam,

Jeppu

2023

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Introduction: Though there are abundant studies on entrepreneurial intention among students pursuing higher education, there is a lacuna in understanding the entrepreneurial intention of medical students. In the present scenario of increasing unemployment among young medical graduates, this quantitative study was conducted with an aim to examine the level of entrepreneurial intention among medical students and the socio-demographic factors influencing it. Methods: The participants were 318 medical students of a private university in Malaysia. A cross-sectional study design with a validated adapted questionnaire was used to collect data. The data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: A moderately high level of entrepreneurial intention was found among the study population. Regression analysis revealed a statistically significant impact of gender and marital status on their entrepreneurial intention while ethnicity, year of study, household income or educational loan did not have a significant influence. Conclusion: Medical students in Malaysia showed a moderately high inclination towards an entrepreneurial career. Non-economic factors like gender and marital status proved to be stronger influencers of entrepreneurial intention than economic factors. This may help policy makers plan strategies to sustain their entrepreneurial intentions and facilitate for more entrepreneurial activities among young doctors in the future.

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Entrepreneurial Intention of Medical Students in Malaysia: Does Socio-Demographic Profile Matter?

Ashok Kumar,

Azam,

Jeppu

2023

MJMHS

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“…The B40 refers to households with monthly income below RM4,360 (≈ USD 976). As observed by Sulaiman et al (2020), the families of most university students in Malaysia fall into this income category. Universities or colleges in Malaysia are mostly concentrated in the city, thus requiring the migration of rural students who are foreign to the affluent urban culture.…”

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“…Participants in this study were students from Malaysian public universities who belong to B40-income households. Most students in public universities in Malaysia are from families of B40 income category (Sulaiman et al, 2020). Other inclusion criteria include being unemployed, unmarried, and dependent on family income or education scholarships or loans for sustenance.…”

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Materialism and Big-Five Personality Traits Shaping Low-Income University Students’ Compulsive Online-Buying Behavior

Burhan¹,

Keshminder²,

Sabri³

et al. 2022

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Despite the immense benefits of online shopping in modern societies, it has also generated some concern about addiction among consumers, particularly the unemployed youth from low-income families. Thus, by conducting a path analysis on quantitative survey data of randomly sampled 439 respondents, this study examines the influence of materialistic behavior and the Big-Five personality traits on the compulsive online-buying behavior of university students from low-income families (the B40 income group). Among the five personality traits, an increase in neuroticism scores, openness to experiences, and conscientiousness was observed to raise the level of materialism significantly. Similarly, materialism, neuroticism, and extraversion exhibited a direct positive influence on the compulsive online-buying behavior of the students. These findings reiterate that individuals with higher neuroticism tend to display less self-regulation or emotion control. In contrast, more extroverted individuals tend to be engrossed with the interactive on-screen platform, which cultivates their obsession with online shopping. Importantly, the mediation test showed that materialistic behavior significantly mediates the effects of neuroticism, openness to experience, and conscientiousness on compulsive buying. Overall, our findings projected neuroticism as dominating due to its direct and indirect influence on compulsive online-buying behavior in the path model.

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“…During the preschool period, scholars have shown that kindergarten-age children from wealthier families achieve better cognitive and emotional development than those from poorer families (Christensen et al, 2014 ; Lurie et al, 2021; Zhang et al, 2019 ). Moreover, a body of research suggests that the disparities in academic achievement due to family background persist in primary school (von Stumm et al, 2020 ; Waters et al, 2021 ), secondary school (Van de Werfhotst, 2018 ; van Zwieten et al, 2021 ), high school (Barr, 2015 ; Reeves, 2012 ), and even university (Destin et al, 2019 ; Sulaiman et al, 2020 ). These results are consistent in developed countries (Daniele, 2021 ; von Stumm, 2017 ) and developing countries (Dolean et al, 2019 ; Iruka et al, 2014 ).…”

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Widening Digital Divide: Family Investment, Digital Learning, and Educational Performance of Chinese High School Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic School Closures

Liu

2023

Applied Research Quality Life

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The COVID-19 pandemic and school closures highlighted the need for research examining the effects of socio-economic status and digital learning on educational performance. Based on a panel dataset from a Chinese high school during school closures in 2020, our study explored whether the digital divide widened during the pandemic. The results showed that digital learning significantly mediates the association of socio-economic status with educational performance. In contrast, the indirect effects of digital learning were not significant before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, these effects immediately became significant during school closures and remote education instruction during the pandemic. After the schools reopened, the indirect effects of digital learning declined or even disappeared. Our findings provide new evidence for a widening digital divide during the COVID-19 pandemic school closures. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11482-023-10191-y.

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Data on the impact of socioeconomic status on academic achievement among students in Malaysian public universities

Cited by 7 publications

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Entrepreneurial Intention of Medical Students in Malaysia: Does Socio-Demographic Profile Matter?

Entrepreneurial Intention of Medical Students in Malaysia: Does Socio-Demographic Profile Matter?

Materialism and Big-Five Personality Traits Shaping Low-Income University Students’ Compulsive Online-Buying Behavior

Widening Digital Divide: Family Investment, Digital Learning, and Educational Performance of Chinese High School Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic School Closures

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