Psychometric Properties and Validation of the Arabic Academic Performance Rating Scale

Table 1

Background characteristics of study population.

Variables	A-APRS		value
	Low	High
Gender	Percentages
Male	53.84	46.15	0.61
Female	52.63	47.36
Location
Urban	55	45	0.53
Rural	50	50
Mothers’ education
Uneducated	66.66	33.33	0.80
Secondary school	50	50
High school	53.84	46.15
Graduate	50	50
Postgraduate	0	100
Fathers’ education
Uneducated	0	0	0.23
Secondary school	0	0
High school	69.23	30.76
Graduate	46.66	53.33
Post graduate	25	75
Mother employed
Yes	54.54	45.45	0.60
No	52.38	47.61
Father employed
Yes	53.12	46.87	NS
No	0	0
Standard test scores
Less than 50%	83.33	16.66	0.01
More than 50%	14.28	85.71

Significant with chi square value less than 0.05; NS: not significant.