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CHAPTER IV

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

This chapter includes results and discussion of the data gathered about the study. The sequence
of the results was based on the statement the problem in Chapter I.

Demographic Profile of the respondents

Respondents Profile N %

Sex

Male 132 50.2

Female 131 49.8

Total 263 100

Age

17 – 18 years old 204 77.57

19 - 20 years old 52 19.77

21 – 22 years old 7 2.66

Total 263 100

Monthly income

5,000 – 10,000 132 50.19

11,000 – 16,000 85 32.32

17,000 – 22,000 28 10.65

23, 000 – 27,000 18 6.84

27,000 above 0 0

Total 263 100

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As reflected in the table , 263 Grade 12 students of Romblon National Highschool participated in
the study, 132 (50.2%) are male while 131 (49.8%) are female. For the age, majority or 204
(77.57%) are aged 17-18 years old, 52 (19.77%) are aged 19-20 years old and 7 (2.66%) are aged
21-22 years old. For the monthly family income of the students' parents, majority of the them or
132 (50.19%) earned Php. 5,000- Php 10,000 monthly, 85 (32.32%) earned Php 11,000- Php
16,000 monthly, 28 (10.65%) earned Php 17,000-Php 22,000 monthly, 18 (6.84%) earned Php
23,000-Php 27,000 monthly while none of them or 0 (0%) earned Php 27,000 and above.

Level of Math Anxiety of Grade-12 students in respect to Emotional, Environmental and

Intellectual Aspects

A. Aspect Weighted Mean DI Level

Emotional 2.64 Fairly Agree Medium

Environmental 2.78 Fairly Agree Medium

Intellectual 3.41 Agree High

Overall Weighted 2.94 Fairly Agree Medium

Mean

Table show the level of math anxiety of the Grade 12 students of Romblon National High school.
The overall weighted mean of 2.94 interpreted as moderate explains that the Grade 12 students
of Romblon National High school have moderate amount of anxiety regarding Math. It was also
manifested the level of Math anxiety in following three distinct aspect of Math anxiety:
Emotional aspect with weighted mean of 2.64 that can be interpreted as "Fairly Agree" and
"Moderate" level of Math anxiety; Environmental aspect with weighted mean of 2.78 that can
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be interpreted as "Fairly Agree" and "Moderate" level of Math anxiety; and Intellectual aspect
with weighted mean of 3.41 that can interpreted as "Agree" and "High Level" of Math anxiety.

(INSERT ANXIETY TABLE HERE)

Correlation between respondents demographic profile and level of Math anxiety

Variable Coefficient Sig. (2 Tailed) Interpretation

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A. Level of Math
Anxiety
-. 127 . 041 S
Sex . 110 . 074 NS
Age
Monthly Family .035 . 572 NS
income

The above table disclosed that the respondents' age and monthly family income showed no
significant relationship to the level of Math anxiety as evidenced by its obtained (rs(263)= .110,
p=.074) for age and (rs(263)= .035, p= .572) for monthly family income.