The relationship between part‐time employment and A‐level results

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The database established during 1989 by the A‐level Information System (ALIS) was utilized to consider the amount of part‐time work which A‐level students reported and their subsequent A‐level results. Data were also available on prior achievement, ability tests, gender and home background. About half of all A‐level students reported being engaged in part‐time work and they tended to get slightly lower A‐level grades than A‐level students, with similar characteristics, who were not involved in part‐time work. The lower grades are, however, not interpreted as being caused by involvement in part‐time work, but simply as being associated with it. This conclusion is reached by consideration of the relationships found between A‐level grades and part‐time work across different subjects on the one hand, and the lack of connection between part‐time work and the number of hours spent on homework on the other.

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