Working and Studying at the Same Time Bun Chantrea, Hok Chansophy, and Hout Chantyta The University of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia


Is your job related to your major



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Working and Studying at the Same Time (10)
2.2. Is your job related to your major
Figure 3 presents the answer of jobs related to majors based on the gender of the participants. Based on the bar chart, it shows that 44.64% (n) of the female participants and 54.54% (n) of the male participants said their jobs were related to their majors.
Figure 3: Jobs related to your major based on gender
2.3. Why do you choose to study and work at the same time

Figure 4 illustrates the four main reasons that lead UC students to work while studying. Among them, improving skills and being financially independent were the two main reasons since they accounted for 40.3% n) and 36.2% (n) respectively. Surprisingly, the ultimate reason was to improve skills.

Figure 4: Reasons to work while studying


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2.4. Who influences you to work while studying
Table 3 presents the influence factors ranging from their own selves to sponsors. The most influence factors were from themselves, which equaled
49.3% (n) and the least influence factors were from the acquaintances, which was only 1.4% (n.
Table 3: Influence factors
Variable
Frequency (Percentage)
Influences
Myself
49.3% (n) Family
26.8% (n) Sponsor
12.3% (n) Friend
4.3% (n) Acquaintance
1.4% (nib. Do those reasons still motivate you to carry on working

Figure 5 represents the number of participants that were still motivated to work while studying, which accounted for 88 people and only 22 of them found that they no longer have the motivation to carry on doing both things.
Figure 5: Motivation Count


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3. Positive outcomes
3.1. What are the benefits that you gain from working while studying
Through Figure 6, it can be seen that the benefit gained the most from working while studying was experience in real working environments
(35.6%, n, and learning soft skills (22.4%, n.
Figure 6: Benefits of students who work while studying

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