Greg,
    For nation information I would look at the NLS studies. There are several
that deal with topics of students and they use a nation sample.
dick

"Grady, Greg" wrote:

> Hello all,
> I have a former student of mine who has asked the following question about
> college students with jobs.  This has also been a question that the Public
> Information Department has asked during the past week.  I was asked if I
> knew of any such data.  I didn't.  Do any of you fine people know of any
> resource or article that would give a percentage or number of college
> students who also have jobs?  If possible, some type of comparison with
> current and previous years would optimal.  Thank you for any assistance that
> you can provide.
>
> If you want to e-mail to me personally, my e-mail address is:
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>
> Greg Grady
> College of Mount St. Joseph
> Cincinnati, OH 45233
>
> > Do you know of any sources that would have student data across the nation?
> > Specifically, I am looking for the percentage of students who work today.
> > I am working on an article for dateline and a project that deals with this
> > topic for my oral communications class. My theory is that students have
> > jobs outside of school more today than in the past. And this affects their
> > school work. I wonder if data supports this?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > BJ Schmidt

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