Youth employment: Its relationship to academic and family variables

• Published in: Journal of vocational behavior 1985-01, Vol.26 (2), p.155-163
• Main Authors: Schill, William J, MacCartin, Rosemarie, Meyer, Katrina
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Academic Achievement; Bildungsverlauf; Erwerbstätigkeit; Familie; Family Characteristics; High School Students; High Schools; Part Time Employment; Socioeconomic Status; Soziale Herkunft; Sozioökonomische Lage; Struktur; Student; Student Employment; Vereinigte Staaten
• ISSN: 0001-8791; 1095-9084
• DOI: 10.1016/0001-8791(85)90015-6

Forschungsmethode: empirisch; Befragung. Die Veroeffentlichung enthaelt quantitative Daten. "Survey data from 4587 Washington State high school students were used to investigate relationship among students' employment status and family structure, socioeconomic position, and adolescent academic success. Employed students were more likely to have higher GPAs, be from higher socioeconomic families, or have a mother or father employed in a higher- status occupation; no relationship was found between mother's or father's education and employment of the student. The unemployed student was more likely to be from a lower socioeconomic family than was the employed student, to have a lower GPA, and to have a father and mother working in a lower status occupation. When hours of employment for the student were categorized into the unemployed, those employed 20 h a week or less, and those employed over 20 h a week, hours of employment were found to have a statistically significant curvilinear relationship to adolescents GPA." (author's abstract) ((en))