Research Article
Perception and Challenges of Virtual Classes with Gender Digital Divide amidst and Post-COVID-19 Pandemic in Iraq: An Empirical Analysis
Table 2
Parents’ socioeconomic condition of respondent students.
| | Variables | Categories | Father (%) | Mother (%) |
| | Parents education | No formal education | 53 (14.4) | 87 (23.6) | | 10th passed | 116 (31.4) | 75(20.3) | | 12th passed | 110 (29.8) | 71 (19.2) | | Graduation | 62(16.8) | 81(22) | | Postgraduation | 28 (7.6) | 55 (14.9) |
| | Parents occupation | Business | 5 (1.4) | 0 (0) | | Government job | 155 (42) | 129 (35) | | Private job | 142 (38.5) | 128 (34.7) | | Daily wage earner | 16 (4.3) | 17 (4.6) | | Unemployed/housewife | 51 (13.8) | 93 (25.2) |
| | Parents monthly income | 100–300 $ | 10 (2.7) | | | 300–500 $ | 99 (26.8) | | | 500–700 $ | 217 (58.8) | | | More than 700 $ | 43 (11.7) | |
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Source. Authors’ calculations based on a Google Forms questionnaire. Note. 1 $ = 1,462.13 Iraqi Dinar.
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