This paper is published in Volume-3, Issue-2, 2017
Area
Education
Author
V. Sasikala, Dr. S. Francisca
Org/Univ
St. Ignatius College of Education, Palayamkottai,Tamil Nadu, India
Pub. Date
08 March, 2017
Paper ID
V3I2-1167
Publisher
Keywords
Political Awareness, College Students, Location.

Citationsacebook

IEEE
V. Sasikala, Dr. S. Francisca. Does Location Difference Determines Political Awareness, International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, www.IJARIIT.com.

APA
V. Sasikala, Dr. S. Francisca (2017). Does Location Difference Determines Political Awareness. International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, 3(2) www.IJARIIT.com.

MLA
V. Sasikala, Dr. S. Francisca. "Does Location Difference Determines Political Awareness." International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology 3.2 (2017). www.IJARIIT.com.

Abstract

The present study aims at investigating how far the college students are politically aware as a future citizens and whether there exist any difference among them with regard to location. The sample consists of 1611 college students studying at various colleges of arts and science in Tamilnadu. Descriptive method using survey as technique was employed to solve the present problem. Political Awareness Test (PAT) developed and validated by V.Sasikala and S.Francisca (2016) had been used for collecting the data. The data was analyzed using mean, S.D, ANOVA and scheffe. The result showed that majority of the college students are politically aware and location difference plays a dominant role determining political awareness.