How Personal Attribute Affect Students’ Performance in Undergraduate Accounting Course. A Case of Adult Learner in Tanzania

The purpose of this study is to determine whether personal attribute affect students’ performance in undergraduate accounting course. It examines the relationship between variable personal attribute (gender, job, employment, marital status, children, relatives and age) and the overall average grade performance. The researcher conducted this study at the Open University of Tanzania, an Open Distance Learning (ODL) university. Using descriptive statistics, person correlation coefficient and regression analysis. Sampling procedures were used during data collection from a population of 1200 students; a sample of 122 students was drawn. Research findings show that students’ personal attribute was associated to students’ performance. The more children the students had the good performance grades earned. There was a significant negative correlation between students staying with relatives and performance. The male students were more than female students, males’ performance was better than female students. There is an association between the types of work a student is engaged outside university with the overall performance. Marital status does not have an association with the overall performance.