COPING STRATEGIES

OF SENIOR HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS
TOWARDS FINANCIAL
PROBLEM

BY:
MARY ROSE T. SEÑERIS
 CHAPTER 4

PRESENTATION,
ANALYSIS,AND
INTERPRETATION OF DATA
Part 1. Frequency Distribution of
Respondents
Sex Frequency Percentage

Female 10 50%
Male 10 50%

Age
15-16 7 35%
17-18 13 65%

Total 20 100%
Sex
The table shown that out of 20
respondents there are both
equal size of number of
respondents which are 10 girls
and 10 boys.
Age
The table shown the age of
respondents which is out of 20
respondents, most of them are
aged 17-18 of 13 respondents and
the rest 7 respondents are 15-16
years of aged. It shows that most
of the respondents are aged 17-18.
Part 2. Survey questions
that had given to the
Female respondents
1. What are the usual reasons why your
allowance is not enough?
In this questions out of 10 female
respondents the dominant answers of the
female respondents which are 6 or 60%
students usually the reason why their
allowance is not enough is because of the
school fees like projects and photocopies.
While the rest 4 or 40% of female respondents
answers are usually the reason why their
allowance is not enough is because buying
food and unnecesary things.
2. What are the strategies you use if your
allowance is short?

In this questions out of 10

respondents the majority answers of the
female respondenst which are 6 or 60%
of students set aside their money for
something important and avoid buying
foods while the rest 4 or 40% os students
don't have the strategies if their allowance
is short.
3. What lesson have you gained in
dealing with such problems?

In this questions out of 10

respondents the majority of female
respondents which is 8 or 80% os
students answers you must be thrifty and
practical in buying something while the 2
or 20% students don't have learned in
dealing with such problem.
4.Does shortage of allowance give you
stress? Why?

In this questions out of 10

respondents the majority answers of the
female respondents which are 9 or 90%
of female respondents answers financial
shortage can give them stress because of
a lot of school fees and works. And 1 or
10% student can't give her stress.
5. Do you believe that limited allowance
might affect your academic performance?
Why?
In this questions out of 10
respondents there are 5 or 50% students
answers yes that the financial limitations
can affect to their academic performance
because they can't focus on their study
and the rest 5 or 50% students answers no
that it can't affect to their academic
performance.
Part 3. Survey Questions
that had given to Male
respondents
1. What are the usual reasons why your
allowance is not enough?
In this questions out of 10 male
respondents there are 8 or 80% of
students answers that usually the reason
why their allowance is not enough
because of the fees, projects and
photocopies while the 2 or 20% students
answers are usually the reason why their
allowance is not enough because of
spending money in foods.
2. What are the strategies you use if your
allowance is short?

In this questions out of 10 male

respondents there are 6 or 60% students
answers that they buy what is mostly
important and they primary need and the
rest 4 or 40% of students answered that
they don't know what to do.
3. What lesson have you gained in
dealing with such problems?

In this questions out of 10

respondents there are 6 or 60% of
students that they learned to be thrifty
and be practical and responsible for
buying things and the rest 4 or 40%
students answered that they don't have
learned in dealing with such problem.
4.Does shortage of allowance give you
stress? Why?

In this questions out of 10 male

respondents there are 5 or 50% of
students answered yes that financial
limitations can give stress to them
because of the in expected fees and
photocopies in school. And the rest 5 or
50% students answered no that it cant
give them stress the financial limitations.
5.Do you believe that limited allowance
might affect your academic performance?
Why?
In this questions out of 10 respondents
there are 5 or 50% students answered yes that
financial problem can affect to their academic
performance because of they can't focus on
their study because of lot of payments and
school works that they need to do. While the 2
or 20% of students answered no that it cant
affect to their academic performance and the
remaining 3 or 30% of students don't have
answered.
 Part 4. Overall
Interpretation of data
1.What are the usual reasons why your
allowance is not enough?
In this questions out of 20
respondents majority answers of the
respondents which are 14 or 70% of
students answers that the usually reasons
why their allowance is not enough is
because of the school fees like
photocopies and projects. While the 6 or
30% of students spending money in
buying foods.
2.What are the strategies you use if your
allowance is short?
In this questions out of 20
respondents the majority answers of the
respondents which are 12 or 60% of
students their answers are only buy things
what is really needed and important and
save money for important things. While
the rest 8 or 40% don't have a strategies
in their financial limitations.
3. What lesson have you gained in
dealing with such problems?

In this questions out of 20

respondents the majority answers of the
respondents which are 14 or 70%
students are be practical and manage your
money in buying things and the rest 6 or
30% students answers are they don't have
learned in dealing with such problems.
4.Does shortage of allowance give you
stress? Why?

In this questions out of 20

respondents the majority answers of the
respondents which are 14 or 70% of
students answers are yes because it is one
of the primary factors affecting the way
how you balance and perveive things
most especially the payments in school.
While the rest 6 or 30% students answers
no because it can't give me stress.
5.Do you believe that limited allowance
might affect your academic performance?
Why?
In this questions out of 20
respondents the answers of the
respondents are equal which are 10 or
50% students affect their academic
performance and the other 10 or 50%
students answers no that it can't affect to
their academic performance.
 Chapter 5

Summary of findings,
conclusions and recommendation
Summary
This study was focused on the coping
strategies of Senior high school students
towards financial limitations.
Twenty Senior high school students
wherein 10 female and 10 male
respondents to the questionnaire.
The descriptive method of research was
used. The data we're gathered through
the indirect method or questionnaire
prepared by the researcher.
Conclusions
Majority of the respondents are 17-
18 years of aged. Based on the findings,
out of 20 respondents there are 13
respondents that their reason why their
allowance is not enough because of the
school works. And the rest 7 respondents
are spending money to buy foods and
unnecessary things.
 Based on the answers of the respondents
the majority strategies they used are saving
money and only buy things what is important
rather than buying unnecessary things. Based
on the study, respondents gained lessons in
dealing with financial limitations which is to
be thrifty and be practical in everything.
The simple coping strategies of financial
problem are you know how to manage our
money carefully and be practical and
responsible for buying things. Only buy what
is important and be wise in everything.
Recommendation
1. Students should find a way to help
themselves to cope up with their
problem such as financial limitations.
2. Parents should help their children
encountering financial problem and
support them financially to overcome
this kind of problem.
3. Teacher must also consider the fees of
the students rather than giving more
projects and module to photocopies
4. School administrator will decrease the
school fees of the students regarding of
their financial problem.
5. Everybody must know on how to
manage money and responsible anytime
anywhere.