Factors Affecting the Interests of Junior High School Students to Continue to High School of Automotive Engineering

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to find out how much interest students have in choosing to continue their studies at the vocational high school of light vehicle engineering expertise in bantul regency, seen from (1) individual students; (2) parents' encouragement; (3) environment; (4) mass media information. The study population was all students of the vocational high school of light vehicle expertise in bantul regency. Sampling was carried out using two stages, namely cluster sampling and random sampling using the formula krejcie and morgan with an error rate of 5%, a sample of 221 students were taken from six vocational high schools in bantul district. Data collection is determined using a questionnaire. Data analysis techniques include simple regression analysis and multiple regression. The results showed that: (1) there was a significant positive effect on the individual character of students on the students' interest in choosing to continue their studies at the vocational high vocational light vehicle engineering package in bantul by 41.6%; (2) there is a significant positive effect of parents 'encouragement on students' interest in choosing to continue their studies to a high vocational school of light vehicle engineering expertise in bantul by 48.8%; (3) there is a significant positive effect on the students 'environment on the students' interest in choosing to continue their studies at the vocational high school of light vehicle engineering expertise in bantul by 46.6%; (4) there is a significant positive effect of mass media information on students' interest in choosing to continue their studies at the vocational high school of light vehicle engineering expertise in bantul by 40.2%