Open AccessTime Use and Educational Attainment: A Study of Undergraduate Students
Author(s) -
Emily Etcheverry,
Rodney A. Clifton,
Lance W. Roberts
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
canadian journal of higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2293-6602
pISSN - 0316-1218
DOI - 10.47678/cjhe.v23i3.183169
Subject(s) - educational attainment , stratified sampling , psychology , cluster sampling , structural equation modeling , mathematics education , test (biology) , academic achievement , higher education , sampling (signal processing) , educational research , medical education , sociology , statistics , demography , political science , mathematics , paleontology , population , filter (signal processing) , computer science , law , computer vision , biology , medicine
This research examines the effects of students' time use in academically related activities and paid employment on their educational attainment. A theoretical model containing fourteen background, social psychological, time use, and educational attainment variables was formulated. The data were obtained from questionnaires administered to 308 undergraduate students in the Faculty of Education at a Western Canadian University. A stratified random cluster sampling procedure was used to select classes of students. Structural equation modelling is used to test the relationships among the variables. Results indicate that when other variables are taken into account, the time students spend in academically related activities and paid employment has little effect on their educational achievement and their educational expectations.