Table 3: Average Monthly Expenditure of Students by gender

Monthly spend on

Males

Females

Total

N    

(%)

Accommodation

1916

(59%)

261

279

273*

Alcohol

2727

(84%)

128

99

110*

Food

2929

(90%)

118

102

109*

Transport

2755

(85%)

65

62

63

Tobacco

742

(23%)

60

60

60

Clothing & toiletries

2676

(82%)

47

60

56*

Grinds

51

(2%)

43

64

54

Entertainment

2623

(80%)

57

48

52*

Regular Bills (ESB etc)

1621 (50%)

49

43

45

Study books & materials

2401

(74%)

31

34

33

Medical expenses

806

(25%)

27

27

27

*significant between gender (p<.01)

4.2.3 Time allocation in college

Overall, the reported average time spent during college term in the

classroom each week was 21 hours. The vast majority (76%) of students

reported at least sixteen hours of classroom contact each week during term

time (Table 4). However, there were a small number of students (2%) who

did not attend class at all and a further 7% attended for ten hours or less. 

Table  4:  Weekly student  time allocation during term time by gender

Weekly time to

Males

Females

Total

%

%

%

Classroom

None

1.6

1.8

1.7

1 10 hours 

7.0

7.7

7.3

11 15 hours 

12.4

15.5

14.3

16 hours and over

78.9

75.1

76.5*

Study

None

7.0

5.4

5.9

1 10 hours 

63.9

60.8

62.1

11 15 hours 

13.2

14.8

14.2

16 hours and over

15.9

19.0

17.8*

Employment

None

44.9

43.0

43.7

1 10 hours 

19.4

22.0

21.0

11 15 hours 

12.7

15.3

14.3

16 hours and over

23.0

19.7

21.0

* Significant between gender (p<.01)

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