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Item Effects of Family Background and Economic status on Students' English Language Achievement(Department of English Education, 2007) Bhatta, Yag RajThe present study was conducted to examine the effects of family background and economic status on students English Languageachievement. Students who came to school for learning the Englishlanguage are from different family background and economic status.They came from the family having educated parents, uneducated parents,from the rural locality, from the urban locality. Their ethnicity also varieslike: some were Dalits, Brahmins, Chettris, and others. They weredifferent in terms of their family occupation such as: agriculture,business, service and other occupation. Their economic status was alsonot same. They came from rich family, middle class family and the poorclass family. They were also varies in terms of their family income. The researcher collected data (responses made to the test items andquestionnaire administered to the students) from secondary level GradeNine Students who were from different ten public schools of Dadeldhuradistrict. The data were analyzed on the basis of students averageachievement score, parents educational status, their family structure, theirlocality, their ethnicity and occupation of their family. The researchercame to the conclusion that (I) Students having both educated parentswere found to have higher achievement than those of having oneeducated parent or both uneducated parents (II) Students who were fromthe Chettri group were found to have higher achievement than those ofthe students from the Dalit group. (III) Students from the family havingmixed occupation were found to have higher achievement than thosefrom the family having agriculture as occupations. (IV) Students from themiddle class were found to have higher achievement than those of thefamily having poor economic conditions.The thesis is divided into four chapters. Chapter one is anintroductory chapter which deals with the background of the study. It setsthe necessary theoretical background, justifies the significance of thestudy and presents the objectives. Similarly, chapter two states the methodology. It deals with thesources of data procedure and tools and process for the datacollectionand limitations of the study. Chapter three entails analysis and interpretation of the data. It dealswith the analysis of collected data and interpretation of them by usingdifferent statistical tools, graphs andcharts. Chapter four consists of the findings and recommendations made inlight of analysis and interpretation. It presents the findings and conclusionon the effect of six different variables related to the family backgroundand economic status of students on their educational achievement. It alsorecommends some ways to improve their educational status.