The Lived Experiences of Working Students

A Qualitative Research Study Submitted to the

Senior High School Department
College of Education
University of the East
Manila

In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the

Practical Research 1

Angel Trisha V. Baluyot

Pauline Aira A. Busca
Jodken Guthfred P. Macan
Beatrice Meneses
Honey Krizia Nolasco
Paul Santos
John Robert Reyes

Mr. Ruben Pandi Quitolbo (Research Adviser)

October 2019

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 APPROVAL SHEET

This is to certify that this research study entitled “Suitable Businesses for 21st Century“ and
submitted by Angel Trisha V. Baluyot, Pauline Aira A. Busca, Jodken Guthfred P. Macan, Beatrice
Meneses, Honey Krizia Nolasco, Paul Santos, John Robert Reyes, Monique Rosario to fulfill part
of the requirements for the Quantitative Research, Research Project and Capstone Project/
Immersion was successfully defended and approved on March 2018.

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 CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY

I hereby declare that this submission is my own work and that, to the best of my knowledge
and belief. It contains no material previously published or written by another person nor material
whish to a substantial extent have been accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma of
a university or other institute of higher learning, except where the due is acknowledge Is made in
the text.

I also declare that the intellectual content of this Senior High School thesis is the product of my
own work, even though I may have received assistance from others on style, presentation and
language expression.

Baluyot, Angel Trisha V.

Busca, Pauline Aira A.

Macan, Jodken Guthfred P.

Meneses, Beatrice

Nolasco, Honey Krizia

Santos, Paul

Reyes, John Robert

Rosario, Monique

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

This research would not have been made possible without the help of the people who
contributed and supported us, most especially God who guided us to accomplish this study.

We want to give gratitude to our beloved parents who supported our expenses and understood
us despite our tardiness whenever we arrive at home.

And to the respondents, we would also want to thank you for using a bit of your time and
effort to answer our questions during the interview. We would not be able to finish this study
without the cooperation you have shown.

And especially our research would not have been completed without the help of our research
adviser, Prof. Ruben Pandi Quitolbo who have guided us in every single chapter of this research
paper.

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 ABSTRACT

Some students are forced to have a job due to financial crisis despite of being young. One
of the main reasons why a student finds a job is to help their parents to accommodate with their
needs, tuition fees and school needs. The purpose why the researchers conducted this study is to
have knowledge with the lived experiences of working students and to know the struggles they
had encountered. We conducted the survey through email and social media, so it would be more
convenient for the respondents or the interviewees. This study contains 5 respondents, who are
working students. The youngest respondent is 18 years old and the oldest is 21 years old. In
conclusion, the researchers found out that it is hard and it needs a lot of effort to become a working
student, working and studying at the same is a really tiring routine. Some of the working students
are affected not just physically but also emotionally.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

APPROVAL SHEET……………………………………………………………2
CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY……………………………………………3
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.………………………………………………………4
DEDICATION.……………………………………………………………………..
ABSTRACT……………...………………………………………………………5
TABLE OF CONTENTS………………………………………………………..6
LIST OF FIGURES……..…………………………………………………………
LIST OF TABLES..……...…………………………………………………………
LIST OF APPENDICES...…………………………………………………………

CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION
A. Background and Rationale of the Study…………………………………..7
B. Statement of the Problem…………………………………………………...8
C. Scope and Limitations………………………………………………………10
D. Profiles of the Respondents………………………………………………..11
E. Significance………………………………………………………………….11
F. Definition of Terms…………………………………………………………..11

CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

A. Heading 1……………………………………………………………………..12
B. Heading 2……………………………………………………………………13
C. Heading 3……………………………………………………………………14

CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY

A. Research Design……………………………………………………………17
B. Selection of the Study ………………………………………………..……17
C. Research Locale…………………………………………………………….17
D. Research Instrument…………….……………………………………………19
E. Data Analysis…………………………….……………………………………19

CHAPTER IV: PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS, AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

A. Heading 1……………………………………………………………………20
B. Heading 2……………………………………………………………………24
C. Heading 3……………………………………………………………………28

CHAPTER V: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION…29

CHAPTER VI: REFERENCES………………………………………………31

CHAPTER VII: APPENDICES……………………………………………………

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 CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION

This study focuses about the Lived Experiences of Working Students, with the help of this
study we will find out how difficult to be in the place of any working students. It gives
enlightenment and familiarity to the struggles and experiences of working students had
encountered. In this study we will understand the working students why they choose to work while
studying at the same time.
A working student is a person who has a work at the same go to school as a student. Being
a working student is really helpful because students have many requirements to be paid. There are
many benefits that working students have. They can earn extra pocket money when they want to
buy or to pay for something they want. They can learn to manage their time wisely as a student
and also an employee.
This chapter has the Rationale of the Study, Background of the Study, Statement of the
Purpose/Problem, Theoretical Framework, Conceptual Framework, Research Paradigm, Scope
and Limitations, Significance of the Study, and Definition of Terms.

Rationale of the study

The point of this study is to know the life experiences of the working students and How they
handle their academic while working. The study also focuses on the problems and struggles of the
working students.

The study will focus on the working students, this study aims to:

1. To know what are the struggles of a working students.

2. To know how can they handle their academic while working.

3. To know the reasons behind why they chose to work while studying.

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Background of the study

According to Look Upgrade (2018), a working student are those people who have work
and has to study for school at the same time. Majority of the working students are those who can't
finance their own tuition fee and those who want to help their family. A lot of effort is needed
since working students have to study for their education and to work to gain money to help the
expenses of the parents.Being a working student is hard since they have to attend school and work.
The free time they have are limited since their time are occupied by school and work. Some of the
part-time students always gets are in fast food chains and convenience stores.

There are two types of working student: Working inside the school and Working outside
the school. Working inside the school, these are students who does not get paid but gets discounts
or sometimes it is free depending on their grades. Working outside the school, these are students
who outside the school, day or night depending on their free time.

Some of the students think that it is easy to be a working student, which is not. Being a
working student means being committed to your job and school and a lot of things might affect
the living of a person. Some working students does not sleep well and have to rush their
schoolwork since their free time is limited.

Statement of the problem

Nowadays it’s difficult for us people to provide our needs especially in financial. As students
we also want to help our parents in financial status even if we are studying. One of the reasons
why we are working is also learning how to earn money and to support our education for us to
realize how hard it is to earn money.

A. Why did you decide to be a working student?

B. Does it helps you financially?

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C. How can you manage your time when it comes to work and academic?

D. What do you prioritize more?

Theoretical Framework

Lived experiences of working students

Working while studying is

not easy. Especially for full
time students who study
more for hours and hours a
day.

This situation can be tough to

And putting so much energy
them because of their school This either have positive or
to this to works is energy
work with matching job works. negative effects on the
consuming that can affect a
It also requires a lot more effort student.
students body.
to do.

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Conceptual Framework

Working
Students

Responsibilities Health

School Work Family Physical Health Mental Health

Requirements Punctuality House Chores Fatigue Anxiety

Spending time
Academic Social Effects on One's
with Parents and Depression
Performance Interactions Immunity
Siblings

Emotional
Grades
Breakdowns

Scope and Limitations

This study aims to get the particular reason of the working students and to know how they
handle their work and studies at the same time. Our selected respondents that will be interviewed
will focus on the problems that faced by the working students.

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Profile of the Respondents

The respondents of this study are those students who have a job that supports them in their
financial status. This study focuses on the lived experiences of the working students around
University Belt

Significance of the study

Students sometimes are forced to have a job due to financial crisis. The beneficiary of this
study are:

Students, of course they would be the beneficiary of this study since the topic is related
to them. The study will give enlightenment about the struggles of the working students and it will
give some knowledge about the hardships they may encounter in the future.

Definition of terms

Working students. Working students are those who have studied at the same time have work to
do. They are usually the ones who have financial problems for them to support their needs.

Tuitions fee. Tuition fee is the bill that we students pay for us to have education.

Part time job. Part time job is a temporary work that is usually have fewer hours of work.

Education. Education is a process of learning, skills, beliefs and habits.

Academic Work

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 CHAPTER II

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

Working students are the group of people who works and study at the same time. Their
responsibilities and duties are deemed as hard because of the simultaneous requirements of tasks
they receive from school and from their jobs. In this study the experiences of said persons will
determine if doing both at the same time affects their academic performance and their physical,
emotional, well-being.

Foreign Theory

Comparison of Fatigue on Working Students and Non-Working Students

The literature of the subject under the concept of fatigue shall be understood to mean
physical sentiment accompanied by cognitive and behavioral symptoms, usually described as a
tiredness or lack of energy.

In a study conducted by Kutyło, L., Łaska-Formejster, A. and Ober-Domagalska, B.

(2019 September 04)they suggest that a large proportion of students taking part in the study are
struggling with fatigue or even a serious form of it. They originally hypothesize that average levels
of fatigue are statistically higher for working students rather than non-working students. It turned
out to be that non-working students have higher fatigue if compared to working students. In
situations like this, the difference between the two student groups are indifferent statistically.
Presumably, students who can combine learning with work efficiently can be defined by their
organizational ability or at least the skill to assimilate it. From this attitude they develop more
effective ways in managing time and duties which can possibly protect them from excessive
fatigue. At the same time, in the literature of the subject, it is pointed out that the involvement in
studies and science can counteract the students. In such a case, the satisfactory choice of studies
probably also in the case of this study increased student activity and reduced fatigue in this case
as a consequence of failure to meet important needs and expectations. Secondly, it was confirmed
that in both collective agreements the impact on the level of fatigue could have factors related to
the social environment.

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 From the discussion of the study, we can infer that fatigue is more subjective rather than
being objective. It means that students perceive the task not by numbers but through the thinking
if such task is considered as too much of a responsibility. The same inference can also be applied
to the surroundings of the students.

Work Balance of Working Students

The effective managing of work and activities such as family, social, leisure, recreation
and personal development or any events that are important for the individual is regarded as the
working definition of work-life balance. (Padmasiri&Mahalekamage, 2016)

According to Kishokumar&Lakshika (2016) work-life balance is the ability to balance

the three dimensional aspect of life; individual’s personal life, social life and organizational life.

The study conducted based on the study of the Bachelor of Labor Education degree of the
University of Colombo, in Sri Lanka in July 2019. 20% of the students said that work pressure and
family issues affects their education. Another finding in the study is that 9.6% of students
confirmed that there is a policy within the organization they are employed to have work-life
balance which contributes to improved work-life balance among employees. It was also revealed
that working students does not have a clear idea whether work affects their time with their family
time and personal life. However, in the recommendation majorly of students have proposed
flexible working hours, services, health facilities, family support programs and its like.

It is important for working students to have a policy like the work-life balance policy
which can give them the opportunity to do their responsibilities as a student, additional time for
resting and overall prevent them from experiencing fatigue.

Emotional and Academic Burnout of Working Students

First focused by American psychiatrist G. Freidenberg in 1974, emotional burnout is attributed to

emotional exhaustion. Those most prone to burnout are people working in people working within
the “person-person” sphere, especially works involving emotional empathy and increased
responsibilities. Recently, burnouts are recently observed in representatives of different
professional spheres, students and even the unemployed.

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 A specific type of emotional burnout syndrome has become the object of researcher’s
attention recently. It is called as academic burnout, its negative impact is on student’s academic
performance, health and well-being. It is characterized by the same components of similar to
emotional burnout syndrome: academic exhaustion, academic inefficiency and academic
disinterest.

A long time in which both work and studies are done simultaneously leads emotional
burnout to manifest and eventually must choose between focusing on studies or focusing on
studies. Three months to a year of combining both will show more pronounced symptoms tied
with the exhaustion phase. The burnout is the result of student’s lack of organizing the combination
of work and school. This is usually come with the sense of physical and emotional exhaustion,
reduced motivation to study, a negative attitude towards teachers and fellow students and,
consequently, low academic performance. Since academic burnout can be triggered by different
factors, a measure to prevent it must be developed. Students who combine work and school need
to be offered individual educational trajectories. Development of a model for academic burnout in
students will need further studies. (Fedovora, A. and Kacane, I., 2019 July)

From the conclusion of the study of Fedevora and Kacane, we can say that the
combination of both work and school takes it toll on working student’s academic performance,
worse than that, it affects the students physical and mental well-being.

Comparison of Working and Non-Working Students’ Anxiety, Depression, and Grade Point
Average

Anxiety is a normal and often healthy emotion. However, when a person regularly feels
disproportionate levels of anxiety, it might become a medical disorder while depression is a
common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and
how you act. It causes feelings of sadness and/or a loss of interest in activities once enjoyed. It can
lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems and can decrease a person’s ability to function
at work and at home.

A number which is the representation of the average value of the final accumulated grade
which was earned over the course of time is called as the grade point average.

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 According to Mounsey, M., Vandehey, M. and Diekhoff, G. (2013) in their study with
explored the difference between 110 working and non-working students in the aspects of academic
achievement, mental health and perceptions about student employment. In this study they used the
Beck Anxiety Inventory and Beck Depression Inventory-II to measure anxiety and depression
respectively. Academic performance is measured by the grade point average. Job questionnaires
were used to determine perceptions of student employment. Data analyses revealed no difference
between working students and non-working students in three aspects: depression, grade point
average and perception about student employment. The only difference shown was for anxiety, it
was reported that working students display more anxiety than non-working students.

From the study above we can see that through different measurement used, though there
is no significant difference between the working students and non-working students in terms of
academic achievement and perceptions we can not look pass anxiety because it can cause a domino
effect to the other aspects if it goes out of hand.

Local Theory

Life as a Working Student

According to Charmaine (2014), “there are a lot of problems that have to face by the working
students without escapes. There are three major roles to obligate: role as a student, role as a worker,
and role as human as per the life social issues”.

From Charmaine (2014) it is inferred that a working student faces many responsibilities.
As a person it is difficult to juggle lessons, orders and family, it will require a lot of hardwork and
perseverance.

In an article published by Villahermosa, M., Oba-o, W. and Bagabaldo, J. (2015) they

discussed the likely reasons for the poor academic performance of student assistants (SAs). In their
conclusion it was identified that student assistant’s performance is affected due to the influenced
of the challenges both as a worker and a student. Said challenges can lead to impacts on both
school and work.

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 The study above discussed the cause of failing performance in class, from it’s result and
conclusion it found out that it was due to the pressure of heavy workload and the number of
responsibility one must do simultaneously.

Synthesis of the Review of Related Literature and Studies

Different studies, both local and foreign had shown one result. That result is that working
and studying will take toll on the physical and mental attributes of the person that chose doing both
together or at the same period of time. Given that the people involve in this are considered as
teenagers to young adults it can pressure them to balance their life.

It is also nice to note that some organizations give the work-life balance policy to their
normal and student employee. Policy like this gives the people a break and a chance to do task and
responsibilities outside of their job description.

Although the intention of working students is to earn money for them to sustain their
education is a positive action, we can not exclude the fact that this positive comes with many
negatives. It can range from simple things such as fatigue to serious problems like depression.

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 CHAPTER III

METHODOLOGY

This chapter has the Research Design, Selection of the Study, Research Locale, Research
Instrument and Data Analysis.

Research Design

This research design is a type of Qualitative Research. In this research we will be focusing
more about the lived experiences of a working students. According to University of Utah,
qualitative research focuses on the direct experiences of the people.

Selection of the Study

Our selected individuals are working students or group of working students. That can share
their struggles or experiences as working students and what are the effects of their work to their
studies and vice versa.

Research Locale

The study will be conducted in Metro Manila, Philippines. The respondents will be
interviewed in fast food chains were the researcher can talk to them face to face.

The researchers gathered respondents who work while studying near University belt, the
researchers choose the place of implementation because it will give the researchers needed
information.

Research Instrument

The chosen procedure in this sampling will be the random sampling. Were we would find
a group of a work student around the University belt and ask questions we provided and approved
by the validator. The interview questions are divided into two parts. First one is the questions for

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establishing rapport. The researchers have included that so that there will be a good first
impression, the respondent will have time to adjust for the corresponding questions. The
atmosphere would not be that awkward and there will be a good flow between the interaction of
the researcher and the interviewee whether it be personal or through call. The second part is the
questions that will really give the desired data of the researchers such as the sub-questions in the
three sub-problems that are being covered by the central question of the research.

Questions for Establishing Rapport

1. How are you?

2. Do you live around Metro Manila?
3. Are you a working student?
4. What is your work?
5. Why did you choose that work?

Central Question: What are your experiences as a working student?

Sub-Problem # 1: What are the conflicts being a working student?

Questions

1. What are the effects of working while studying?

i. How does it affect you physically?
ii. How does it affect you emotionally?
2. How difficult is it to study and work at the same time?
3. How does your work affect your studies?
4. Do you pass your school works on time?
5. Does working and studying at the same time give you stress?

Sub-Problem #2: How does being a working student affects you?

Questions
1. How many hours do you study?
2. How many hours do you work?
3. How do you manage your time?
4. What is your estimated salary?

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 5. What are your estimated expenses for school?
Sub-Problem # 3: What are the benefits of a working student?
Questions
1. Does working help you financially?
2. Why do you decide to be a working student?
3. What do you do with the money you earned?
4. How does using your earnings help with your tuition fee?
5. Does your salary help support your education?

Data Analysis

For this study the researchers will choose respondents to gather the information that is
needed. To verify the reliability of this study, the researchers will gather information from friends
whom are experiencing the struggles of a working student.

For the study we choose the working students around the University belt. These students
work around Metro Manila, the researchers will conduct an interview thru online chatting or
google form to all the respondents.

On the interview the researchers will use a questionnaire to manage while conducting the
interview. The researchers will gather all the data related to the chosen topic of the researchers.

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 CHAPTER IV

PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

This chapter includes the presentation of data and findings that had been given by the 5
different working students from different universities. The researchers analyzed the answer of the
samples, tallied and interpreted it in a more detailed way making it easier to find the gist of the
qualitative data. The purpose of this research is to know the lived-experience of working students.
The data were gathered by conducting an interview.

The first few tables below with contain the demography of the respondents. This will
include the universities they currently studying in, their age and their gender.

University’s Name Frequency

Victorino Mapa High School 1
Far Eastern University 1
La Consolacion College Manila 1
Technological Institute of The Philippines 1
Centro Escolar University - Manila 1
Table 4.0.0.1: Frequency of Universities Working Students Attend

Table 4.0.0.1 above represents the distribution of schools attended by the respondents.
Victorino Mapa High School, Far Eastern University, La Consolacion College Manila,
Technological Institute of The Philippines and Centro Escolar University –Manila all tied with the
number of respondents with one.

Respondent’s Gender Frequency

Male 2
Female 3
Table 4.0.0.2: Frequency of Respondent’s Gender

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 From the table above it shows that out of the five respondents, two are males while the
remaining three are females.

Respondent’s Age Frequency

18 3
20 1
21 1
Table 4.0.0.3: Frequency of Respondent’s Age

Table 4.0.0.3 shows the data for the respondent’s age. The age of 18 has the highest
frequency with three of the respondents being at that age. It is followed by the age of 20 and the
age of 21 with one.

The second part consists of the data that had been gathered using the questions that were
used in the interview. Some questions are answerable by yes or no while the others are based on
their own words. That is why the researchers get the gist of their answered and tallied it like that.
This is where the researchers really got their data that will help them complete their research.

Questions for Establishing Rapport

Question #1: How are you?

Answers Frequency Percentage

Feeling Well 3 60%
Not Feeling Well 2 40%
Table 4.0.1

The table shows the response to the question “How are you?”. Three respondents answer
that they are feeling well, this includes words such as good, great, fine, etc. while two of the
respondents answers they are not feeling well.

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Question #2: Do you live around Metro Manila?

Answers Frequency Percentage

Yes 5 100%
No 0 0%
Table 4.0.2

The data from the data above shows that all of our respondents live around Metro Manila
with them all answering yes to the question “Do you live around Metro Manila?”

Question #3: Are you a working student?

Answers Frequency Percentage

Yes 5 100%
No 0 0%
Table 4.0.3

Table 4.0.3 above shows that all of our respondents are a working student. All of the
respondents answered “yes” to “Are you a working student?”

Question #4: What is your Work?

Answers Frequency Percentage

Service Crew 4 80%
Sales Lady 1 20%
Table 4.0.4

From data collected, for the question “What is your work?” four out of the five
respondents are working as a service crew of fast-food chains. The remaining respondent is
working as a sales lady.

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Question #5: Why did you choose that work?

Answers Frequency Percentage

Educational Purposes 1 20%
Experience 2 40%
Instant Job 1 20%
Time Flexibility 1 20%
Table 4.0.5

From the table above, Table 4.0.5, the answer with the highest frequency is for the
experience the job can give, with 40% or 2 of the respondents giving it as their reason. This is
followed by educational purposes, instant job and time flexibility, the three other answers was
given by 1 respondent each.

Central Question: What are your experiences as a working student?

Sub-Problem # 1: What are the conflicts being a working student?

Question #1: What are the effects of working while studying?

Answers Frequency Percentage

Physical Effects 2 40%
Emotional Effects 1 20%
Both 2 40%
Table 4.1.1

For the table above, when the respondents answer physical effects it means they
experience fatigue or tiredness, when they answer emotional effects it means it affects their
thinking and emotions such as overthinking. From the data collected, two of the respondents
experience physical effects, one experience emotional effects while two other experience both.

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Question #2: How difficult it is to study and work at the same time?

Answers Frequency Percentage

Difficult 5 100%
Not Difficult 0 0%
Table 4.1.2

Based from table 4.1.2, all the respondents answered that it is difficult to be a person
who is working and studying at the same time.

Question #3: How does work affects your studies?

Answers Frequency Percentage

Time Management 2 40%
Lack of Sleep 3 60%
Table 4.1.3

From the data collected, three of our respondents believed that work affects their
studies due to lack of sleep while the two remaining respondents said that it affects them by having
problems in time management.

Question #4: Do you pass your school works on time?

Answers Frequency Percentage

Yes 3 60%
Sometimes 1 20%
No 1 20%
Table 4.1.4

Table 4.1.4 shows the frequency of the answer provided by the respondents.
Three of them answered yes, one answered sometimes and one answered no to the question “Do
you pass your school works on time?”

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Question #5: Does working and studying gives you stress?

Answers Frequency Percentage

Yes 2 40%
Sometimes 3 60%
No 0 0%
Table 4.1.5

For the question “Does working and studying gives you stress?”, the respondents
most frequent response is sometimes with 60% of the respondents giving this as their answer. It is
followed by yes with 40% while no got 0%.

Sub-Problem #2: How does being a working student affects you?

Question #1: How many hours do you study?

Answers Frequency Percentage

4 hours to 6 hours 2 40%
6 hours to 8 hours 2 40%
8 hours or more 1 20%
Table 4.2.1

The respondent’s answers from the data collected where they where asked “How
many hours do you study?” shows that both 4 hours to 6 hours and 6 hours to 8 hours has the
highest frequency with two respondents answering it respectively. 8 hours or more only got one
respondent.

Question #2: How many hours do you work?

Answers Frequency Percentage

4 hours to 6 hours 2 40%
6 hours to 8 hours 3 60%
8 hours or more 0 0%
Table 4.2.2

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 Table 4.2.2 shows that out of five respondents, no one works for 8 hours or more.
The answer with the highest frequency is 6 hours to 8 hours with three respondents picking it while
4 hours to 6 hours got two respondents.

Question #3: How do you manage your time?

Answers Frequency Percentage

Setting Priorities 3 60%
Planning Schedules 2 40%
Table 4.2.3

Based on table 4.2.3, two of our respondents manage their time by creating
schedule/s, this answer came second to the answer setting priorities which was answered by three
of the respondents.

Question #4: What is your estimated salary?

Answers Frequency Percentage

1,000 – 3,000 Pesos 2 40%
3,000 – 5,000 Pesos 3 60%
Table 4.2.4

Data collected shows that two respondents get an estimated 1,000 – 3,000 pesos per
salary while the other three get 3,000 – 5,000 pesos per salary.

Question #5 What is your estimated expenses?

Answers Frequency Percentage

500 Pesos per week
1,000 Pesos per week
1,500 Pesos per week
Depends
Don’t Know
1 20%
1 20%
1 20%
1 20%
1 20%
Table 4.2.5

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 All five respondents had different answers. Each one of them provide the following
answers: 500 pesos per week, 1,000 pesos per week, 1,500 pesos per week, depends and don’t
know.

Sub-Problem # 3: What is the benefit of a working student

Question #1: Does working help you financially?

Answers Frequency Percentage

Yes 5 100%
No 0 0%
Table 4.3.1

The table above shows that all of the five respondents said that working does help
them financially.

Question #2: Why do you decide to be a working student?

Answers Frequency Percentage

Financial Reasons 5 100%
Table 4.3.2

For the question “Why do you decide to be a working student?” the only answer given
by the five respondents is because of financial reasons.

Question #3: What do you do with the money you earned?

Answers Frequency Percentage

Savings 1 20%
For Daily Needs 2 40%
Helping Parents 1 20%
To Buys Wants 1 20%
Table 4.3.3

Based on the table, the most frequent answer is for daily needs. It is followed by
savings, helping parents and to buy wants.

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Question #4: How does using your earnings help with your tuition fee?

Answers Frequency Percentage

Pays Subject Requirements 1 20%
No Tuition Fee 1 20%
Minor Help 3
Table 4.3.4

Based from the table above, “minor help” is the most frequent answer from the
respondents. This followed by the answers “pays subject requirements” and “no tuition fee”.

Question #5: Does your salary help support your education?

Answers Frequency Percentage

Yes 5 100%
No 0 100%
Table 4.3.5

Table 4.3.5 shows that all respondents answer yes to the question “Does your
salary help support your education?”

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 Chapter V

Summary of Findings, Conclusion, Recommendation

Summary of Findings

Conclusion

Recommendation

Chapter VI

References

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