title: School-year employment among high school students: effects on academic, social, and physical functioning.
abstract: This study describes the effects of different weekly work intensity levels on adolescent functioning in a sample of 3,083 high school students in rural South Texas, where economically disadvantaged and Hispanic youth are heavily represented. Anonymous surveys were conducted in 10th- and 12th-grade students' classrooms in 1995. The following effects were associated with long hours of weekly employment during the school year: (1) decreased performance/engagement in school and satisfaction with amount of leisure time, and (2) increased health risk behaviors and psychological stress. The effects of school-year work on academic factors and health behaviors differed by grade, but not by race/ethnicity, parent education, or race/ethnicity and parent education considered together. It was concluded that parents and professionals should continue to monitor the number of weekly hours that students work during the school year.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, 3701 Kirby, Suite 600, Houston, Texas 77096, USA. nweller@bcm.tmc.edu
authors.forename: Nancy F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Weller
authors.forename: Steven H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kelder
authors.forename: Sharon P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Basen-Engquist
authors.forename: Susan R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Tortolero
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006306:Health Surveys; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*