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A quantitative research approach and descriptive research design was used in the study to assess the parental pressure on health among school age children (11-16years) in selected rural areas of Amritsar, Punjab. A purposive sampling technique was used for study. The total sample was 100 school age children. Roy's adaptation model had been used in the study. The data was gathered by structured questionnaire related to socio- demographic variables and structure Likert scale used to assess the parental pressure on health among school age children in selected rural area. Collected information was analyzed by using descriptive statistics like frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, mean percentage, and inferential statistics like chi-square test. The level of parental pressure on health among school age children in selected rural areas of dist. Amritsar, Punjab shows that, 0(0%) of the school age children had Mild parental pressure, 42(42%) of the school age children had moderate parental pressure and 58(58%) of school age children had severe parental pressure. The findings of the study shows that majority of school age children in selected schools had severe parental pressure on health. The association between level of parental pressure and socio demographic variables of school age children reveals that, there is significant association of socio demographic variables such as educational status of father, occupation of father, occupation of mother of school age children (X -7.862), X-3.922, X-4.233 at p<0.05 respectively and there is no significant association of socio demographic variable such as age, gender, religion, educational status of mother, family income, types of family, grades obtained in class of school age children- X-0.094, X- 0.364, X-1.354, X-2.02, X-1.793, X-0.63, X=1.485 at p<0.05 respectively. Therefore, it is concluding that student have more parental pressure on their health.