Principal components analysis of university entrants’ social environment

Abstract

The social environment of university entrants was researched by questionnaire sur­vey. Eight principal components were determined. Two of them: «Family traditions of higher education» and «Size of parents’ family» — described the environment where early development of entrants had been going on. The last six: «Life experience» «In-fluence of gender and location», «Risk rate of failing to come up to expectations», «Parents’ influence», «Cognitive aspect of interest in future profession», «Cognitive aspect of interest in future profession» — characterized actual social demands to them.