Aral na, trabaho pa: a comparative study of working and non-working students in the University of the Philippines
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2013-10
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This study presents a comparative analysis of the academic performance and health of working and non-working students. Cross-sectional data was collected by surveying undergraduate students from selected colleges in the University of the Philippines Diliman. Regression was done on two models that were constructed for each dependent variable:
Academic Performance and Self-assessed Health. Findings of the study show that working students performed better academically than non-working students but had a higher probability of rating themselves with poorer health. A one percent increase in working hours leads to a GW A better by 0.11% although the effect has diminishing returns because the one percent increase in working hours results in a less than one percent increase in GW A. Working has a negative effect on health and decreases the probability of students self-assessing an "Excellent Health" using predicted probability values and computed marginal effects. The study suggests that factors aside from academic performance should be taken into consideration when college students make decisions whether to work or not.
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Working students, HUMANITIES and RELIGION::History and philosophy subjects::Archaeology subjects::Archaeology, Non-European, University of the Philippines Diliman