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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Sociol Educ. 2010 Jul 1;83(3):183–200. doi: 10.1177/0038040710374585

Table 2.

Correlations of Variables

Work Hours and Preference 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
    1  Intensive work hours 1.00
    2  Moderate work hours −.29 1.00
    3  Not working (prefer no work) −.07 −.13 1.00
    4  Not working (prefer intensive hours) −.21 −.38 −.09 1.00
    5  Not working (prefer moderate hours) −.24 −.45 −.11 −.32 1.00
School Performance and Engagement
    6  GPA −.03 .06 .01 −.10 .04 1.00
    7  Expect BA/BS Degree −.05 .06 .02 −.07 .03 .34 1.00
    8  School Effort −.06 .03 −.02 −.03 .05 .36 .19 1.00
    9  Incomplete Assignments .02 −.03 .00 .06 −.04 −.48 −.24 −.41 1.00
  10  School Suspension .08 −.05 .01 .07 −.07 −.32 −.16 −.16 .24 1.00
  11  School Misbehavior .00 .01 .03 .02 −.03 −.36 −.19 −.28 .38 .42 1.00
  12  Truancy .10 −.02 .03 .03 −.09 −.21 −.12 −.24 .24 .20 .26 1.00
  13  School Activities −.06 .08 .01 −.08 .05 .31 .28 .17 −.20 −.17 −.15 −.13 1.00

Note. Work hours and preference, educational expectations, and school suspension are coded as dichotomous variables in our analyses, though we still include them in the correlation matrix to give the reader a sense of relationship strength.