APPENDIX B-1

RESEARCH INSTRUMENT
Questionnaire on Personal Influence,
Social Influence and Career Opportunity

Name(optional):___________________________________ Sex: __Male __Female

Age:
_ < 18 _ 22-24 _ 27-29
_ 19-21 _ 25-26 _ 30
Socio-economic Status:
_ AB _D
_C _E
Instructions for Socio-economic status: Before answering, read and assess where
your family belongs more in the Criteria for Socio-Economic Classification of
Households found below. Choose the classification where the majority of the statements
mentioned best suits the current socio-economic status of your family.
CRITERIA FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION OF HOUSEHOLDS

CLASS AB C D E

HOUSING ● Generally owns house ● May rent or own house ● May rent or own a ● May rent or own
and lot house a squatted land

GENERAL ● Made of heavy quality ● Made of mixed heavy ● Very light, cheap ● A barong-barong
APPEARANCE OF materials and light materials materials type of dwelling
HOUSE ● Very well constructed ● Painted ● Poorly constructed or a one-room
● Well painted ● Well constructed ● Generally unpainted affair in a poorly
● Generally has a lawn ● May or may not have a ● Generally has no constructed
or garden garden garden house
● Located in expensive ● Adequate furnishing but ● Scanly furniture ● Dilapidated
neighborhood not necessarily ● Located in shabby ● Bare with hardly
● Expensive furnishings expensive surroundings any furniture
● In GMA, usually in ● Located in slim
exclusive villages or districts or
expensive interiors
condominiums or ● No yard or
townhouses garden

MONTHLY
RENTAL
● OUTSIDE ● P 2,000 or higher ● P 800- P 1,999 ● P 300- P 799 ● Below P 300
NCR

OTHER AIDS ● Parents are well ● Parents are fairly well ● Parents may have ● Parents have no
educated educated some education education
● May have 3 or more ● May have one or more ● Generally no ● No household
household helps household help household help help
Instructions: Choose your response based on the scale to what degree describes the

following questions

Scale:

1 - Not Influenced 2 - Moderately Influenced 3 - Highly Influenced

A. Personal Influence 1 2 3
1. My preferred course is connected to my favorite
subject

2. My preference of course is my personal choice

3. My preference of course is a reflection of my

talent

B. Social Influence
1. I consider the financial status of my family in
choosing my course

2. My choice of school affects my choice of course

3. My friend’s preference of course affects my

decision in choosing a course

4. My friend’s choice of school affects my decision

in choosing a course

C. Perceptions in Career Opportunities

1. I consider my course choice to be an in-demand
course

2. I consider the place of my future work in choosing

a course

3. I consider the work i will get after finishing my

degree in choosing a course

4. The availability of job in the future affects my

choice of course

5. Our family business is a factor in my choice of

course in college