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    Effects of Living Conditions on Students’ Performance in Physics in Secondary Schools at Magale Sub County, Namisindwa District.
    (Kampala International University, School of Education, Open and Distance and E-learning, 2018-09) Bwayo, Justus
    The objective of this study was to assess the living conditions associated with the performance in physics of students in secondary schools in Magale sub county. The assessment was made by characteristics of the students’ living conditions that is feeding, sanitation and accommodation. Using primary data based on a sample of 180 candidate students from Magale secondary school, Butiru Christian comprehensive secondary school, Magale parents secondary school and Bumbo secondary schools, across sectional survey design was adopted where data was obtained from students using questionnaires. The analysis was made using SPSS 16.0 at three levels of analysis based on 1 80 records of students. It involved use of frequency distribution, Pearson correlation coefficient, ANOVA and multiple linear regressions. In the results, an average of 6.47 points in the performance in physics shows a moderate performance among the students. In the multivariate analysis, students’ performance was significantly associated with the students’ living conditions that is feeding, sanitation and accommodation and the characteristics of students under sex (p