Influence Of Parental Socio-economic Status On The Incidence Of Child Abuse And Neglect Among Primary School Pupils In Education Zone

The study sought to find out the influence of parental socio-economic status onthe incidence of child abuse and neglect among primary school pupils in Aguataeducation zone of Anambra State. Three major attributes of socio-economicstatus (parents’ income, parents’ education and parents’ occupation) wereconsidered. The study adopted Ex-post facto research design. Three researchquestions and three hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Sampleconsisted of 618 primary six pupils drawn from schools in Aguata educationzone through simple random sampling. The instrument used for data collectio…