Mobile Phone Usage and its Effects on the Study Habits of Students in Selected Public Secondary Schools in the District of Caloocan

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the effects of mobile phone usage on the study habits of students in the selected public secondary schools in the District of Caloocan. The three schools were Amparo High School, Horacio Dela Costa High School, and Tala High School, where their 354 grade 7 students were the respondents. The use of Slovin’s Formula was used to get the number of respondents from the three schools, weighted mean to get the frequency and rank of the results of the data of questions number one and two while in the last question, Pearson R Computation was applied. The significant findings in the extent of mobile phone usage revealed that in owning personal mobile phone number 298 or 84.18 percent said Yes and 56 or 15.82 percent said No. As to accessing a mobile phone, out of 56 who said “they don’t own personal mobile phone,” 50 or 89.29 percent borrowed a mobile phone from family members and 6 or 10.71 percent borrowed a mobile phone from friends. In terms of using a mobile phone, 298 or 84.18 percent used the phone daily. As to the part of the day using a mobile phone, 156 or 44.07 of the respondents used the phone in the evening. With regards to the place in using mobile phones, 101 or 28.53 percent of the respondents used the phone when at home. As to the number of hours using the mobile phone a day, 238 or 67.23 percent of the respondents spent 5-7 hours in using a mobile phone. In terms of where to use the mobile phone, 161 or 45.48 of the respondents used the phone for browsing. The number one reason for using a mobile phone was for communication. It emerged that the first and foremost satisfaction in using the mobile phone was “I stay connected with my family, friends, and loved ones” with a weighted mean of 4.88. On a significant relationship, there was a moderate relationship between access to mobile phone usage and the importance of studying with a computed r-value of 0.45. It also reveals that there is a strong relationship between mobile phone usage and time management, activities performed in school and at home, and behavior in the study with computed r-values of 0.87, 0.95 and 0.93. This implied that mobile phone usage influenced the study habit of the students.