Sociodemographic factors that affect adolescents who study and work in Capiatá - Greater Asunción, year 2020

Abstract

The average educational level in Paraguay lasts 3 years and covers an age range of 14 to 17 years. Studying and working during upper secondary education is a very common phenomenon today. In order to analyze the factors associated with studying and working, a descriptive study of cross-sectional cohorts was carried out, using the convenience sampling technique. 500 students from 14 to 17 years of age from three public educational institutions in the city of Capiatá were included. The variable was: adolescents who study and work. The basic variables were also studied: age, sex, origin. To verify the difference between groups of adolescents who study and work from those who only study, the survey method was used. It was observed that the combination of educational and work activities among adolescents from 14 to 17 years of age is relatively low in the city of Capiatá. Reaching barely a third of the population surveyed, 27.6%. In addition, if there are minimal differences associated with the sex of the adolescent. The main finding, the combination of studying and working, is associated with a set of factors such as age, the trend being 17-year-old students. The reason for which they are forced to work reveals 81.4% that they do so due to economic necessity and the presence of a high percentage of students who work more than the time allowed by law. Regarding the academic difficulty that they could represent, no significant differences were found.