CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS

Descriptive statistics

The survey participants are English Pedagogy AK7 students. Of the 50 students invited to
participate

Fig. 1 Number of responders who stay up late at night.

This survey show that almost students at English Pedagogy AK7 are staying up

late (48 students), only 4% of them (2 students) go to bed early. This survey also

reflected a higher female percentage participating in the study. Of the total respondents,

more than 74% were female(37 students), less than 26% were male(13students).

Number of responder who stay up late at

night

4%

stay up late
go to bed early

96%

Fig. 2 Tendency of staying up late

 As can be seen in figure 2 37 students spend 4-8 hours a day for

sleeping(74%), 9 of 50 students (18%) spend more than 8 hours of sleep, while 3 students

spend only 3 hours of sleep (6%).

TENDENCY OF STAYING UP LATE

People

40

35 37

30

25

20

15

10
9
5
4
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1-3 hours 4-8 hours more than 8 hours

Fig. 3 The reason why students often stay up late

When students were asked about the reason why staying up late,

most of participants answer that they are tossing and turning all night ( difficulty to get a

good night’s sleep). So students try to do something make them feel tired and falling
asleep. Most of the answer are surfing the internet( 21answer) and playing games(

18answer). While the rest stay up late for working with 3 answer for reading book and

setting up a plan for the next day, 4 answer for doing homework. Just 1 of students stay

up late at night for having a snack.

The reason why students stay up late

Having a snack

Set up a plan for the next day

Reading book

Playing games

Doing homework

Surfing the internet

0 5 10 15 20 25

People

Fig. 4 The effect of staying up late on academic

 When examining how do students feel when they stay up late at
night, most of students say yes when they were asked about the negative effect of staying
up late. That means staying up late has a negative impact on students’ learning process.
A lot of students get problem with their health after a long night staying up late even
some of them have to drink caffeinated beverages to get better.

The effect of staying up late on academic

Get an illness

Mental problem

Fall asleep

Miss school

Feel healthy

Feel tired

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Series 1

Summary

This survey that people who are students types — are night owls — tend to have
worse health profiles. It also found that the number of hours of sleep that a student
receives per night on average does have effect on their health.