Correlation Study between Socioeconomic Status and School Readiness in 5-6 Years Old at Padang City, West Sumatera Province

Abstract

This study aims to determine the relationship between socioeconomic status and school readiness
in children aged 5-6 years. The hypothesis of this research is there is a positive relationship
between socioeconomic status and school readiness in children aged 5-6 years in Padang City,
West Sumatera province. The sample of this research was 96 children aged 5-6 years in
kindergarten which was taken using simple random sample techniques. The collection of
socioeconomic status data using of Likert-scale questionnaire distributed to parents consisting of
30 indicators of family income, parental work, parental education, and living conditions, while
School readiness is measured through School Readiness (CARES) consisting of 42 indicators of
academic knowledge, basic thinking skills, emotional social maturity, physical development of
motor, self-discipline and communication skills (Fayez et al., 2016). Based on the analysis of the
data using Spearman analysis of correlation, researchers found that the correlation of the
coefficient was rxy= 0,811 with P=0.000 (P < 0.01). The results showed that a proposed
hypothesis was accepted, that there was a positive relationship between the socioeconomic status
and the school's readiness in children. The higher the socioeconomic status, the higher the
school readiness.