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Comparison of Average First Semester GPA Across High School Students
by Number of Hours Worked Outside School in a Week

May 27, 1999

Number of Hours Worked per Week

First Semester GPA (n)

Not Working

2.47 (5458)

5-10 hrs a week

2.67 (871)

11-15 hrs a week

2.68 (695)

16-20 hrs a week

2.64 (808)

21-25 hrs a week

2.46 (618)

26 + hrs a week

2.17 (592)

All Students

2.50 (9042)

Comparison of Average First Semester
GPA Across High School Students by Number of
Hours Worked Outside School in a Week and Ethnicity

 

Hours

Ethnicity

Row

Worked

White/Anglo

African

American

Hispanic

Native

American

Asian

American

Totals

No Work

2722

306

1902

141

205

5276

Column %

55.70%

62.70%

66.29%

73.44%

66.99%

60.36%

5-10 hrs

523

43

238

15

28

847

Column %

10.70%

8.81%

8.30%

7.81%

9.15%

9.69%

11-15 hrs

430

39

184

10

17

680

Column %

8.80%

7.99%

6.41%

5.21%

5.56%

7.78%

16-20 hrs

492

40

215

12

27

786

Column %

10.07%

8.20%

7.49%

6.25%

8.82%

8.99%

21-25 hrs

371

35

173

6

15

600

Column %

7.59%

7.17%

6.03%

3.13%

4.90%

6.86%

26+ hrs

348

25

157

8

14

552

Column %

7.12%

5.12%

5.47%

4.17%

4.58%

6.32%

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