Factors Affecting the Interests of Junior High School Students to Continue to High School of Automotive Engineering
Fajrin Sidiq Muzaffarul Zaman1, Zaenal Arifin2, Didik Rohmantoro3
1Fajrin Sidiq Muzaffarul Zaman, Postgraduate Program, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
2Zaenal Arifin, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
3Didik Rohmantoro, Technology Vocational Education Of Automotive, Universitas PGRI Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. 

Manuscript received on November 15, 2019. | Revised Manuscript received on November 23, 2019. | Manuscript published on November 30, 2019. | PP: 2118-2122 | Volume-8 Issue-4, November 2019. | Retrieval Number: D7690118419/2019©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijrte.D7690.118419

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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%
Keywords: Student Interest, Parent Encouragement, Student Environment, Mass Media Information.
Scope of the Article: Security Technology and Information Assurance.