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Table 138. Percentage of high school sophomores who participate in various school-sponsored extracurricular activities, by selected student characteristics: 1990 and 2002
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                              |                      |                       |      Cheerleading    |                      |Music (band, orchestra,|
                              |     Academic clubs   |          Sports       |    and drill team    |       Hobby clubs    |   chorus, or choir)   |  Vocational clubs
Selected student              |______________________|_______________________|______________________|______________________|_______________________|______________________
characteristic                |       1990|      2002|       1990|       2002|      1990|       2002|       1990|      2002|       1990|       2002|       1990|      2002
______________________________|___________|__________|___________|___________|__________|___________|___________|__________|___________|___________|___________|__________
1                             |          2|         3|          4|          5|         6|          7|          8|         9|         10|         11|         12|        13
______________________________|___________|__________|___________|___________|__________|___________|___________|__________|___________|___________|___________|__________
   All sophomores.............| 30.7(0.62)| 8.4(0.33)| 52.2(0.69)| 54.8(0.63)| 9.1(0.43)| 13.7(0.46)|  7.3(0.37)| 9.5(0.34)| 21.5(0.59)| 21.5(0.52)| 11.7(0.54)| 8.3(0.43)
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Sex                           |           |          |           |           |          |           |           |          |           |           |           |
  Male .......................| 27.4(0.83)| 6.8(0.38)| 63.0(0.89)| 61.0(0.81)| 2.1(0.45)|  8.1(0.52)|  7.9(0.52)| 8.1(0.41)| 15.6(0.63)| 16.3(0.60)| 11.0(0.65)| 7.6(0.53)
  Female .....................| 34.0(0.87)| 9.9(0.46)| 41.4(0.89)| 48.5(0.85)|15.8(0.68)| 19.2(0.63)|  6.7(0.50)|10.9(0.50)| 27.3(0.85)| 26.8(0.71)| 12.3(0.69)| 9.1(0.53)
                              |           |          |           |           |          |           |           |          |           |           |           |
Race/ethnicity                |           |          |           |           |          |           |           |          |           |           |           |
  White, non-Hispanic ........| 31.7(0.72)| 8.9(0.43)| 53.5(0.78)| 57.0(0.79)| 8.3(0.38)| 13.2(0.54)|  7.5(0.46)| 9.7(0.47)| 22.3(0.68)| 23.9(0.65)| 12.2(0.64)| 9.3(0.60)
  Black, Non-Hispanic ........| 26.2(1.91)| 7.3(0.67)| 51.4(2.22)| 55.0(1.48)|15.7(2.34)| 18.5(1.16)|  5.2(0.78)| 7.8(0.68)| 23.0(1.77)| 21.6(1.33)| 13.7(1.84)| 7.9(0.81)
  Hispanic ...................| 27.2(1.57)| 6.1(0.60)| 43.9(1.82)| 48.3(1.59)| 8.3(0.86)| 12.3(0.97)|  6.7(0.67)| 8.0(0.64)| 14.8(1.19)| 13.0(0.91)|  7.4(0.87)| 5.4(0.63)
  Asian/Pacific Islander .....| 36.7(2.24)|14.3(1.33)| 54.9(2.86)| 47.7(1.87)| 5.2(0.98)|  9.1(1.06)| 11.8(1.47)|15.5(1.41)| 20.6(2.76)| 15.5(1.56)|  5.1(0.81)| 5.2(0.57)
  American Indian/            |           |          |           |           |          |           |           |          |           |           |           |
     Alaska Native ...........| 31.9(4.66)| 5.2(2.15)| 44.2(5.05)| 54.6(5.33)|11.3(3.06)| 10.8(2.90)|  8.4(2.83)| 5.3(2.23)| 17.3(3.66)| 12.3(3.75)| 16.9(3.30)|14.3(3.61)
                              |           |          |           |           |          |           |           |          |           |           |           |
Test performance quartile\1\  |           |          |           |           |          |           |           |          |           |           |           |
  Lowest test quartile .......| 22.5(1.21)| 4.3(0.42)| 47.4(1.42)| 47.7(1.03)| 9.5(0.95)| 15.0(0.82)|  6.5(0.59)| 6.4(0.52)| 16.0(0.87)| 15.4(0.79)| 17.3(1.19)| 8.8(0.63)
  Second test quartile\2\ ....| 29.9(1.18)| 6.7(0.37)| 50.8(1.22)| 54.5(0.81)| 8.6(0.94)| 14.1(0.56)|  6.1(0.58)| 9.0(0.42)| 20.5(1.08)| 20.8(0.62)| 13.2(0.86)| 8.6(0.53)
  Third test quartile ........| 30.3(1.15)|---   (†) | 51.8(1.22)| ---   (†) | 9.2(0.82)| ---   (†) |  7.6(0.65)|---   (†) | 22.1(1.05)| ---   (†) | 11.4(0.90)|---   (†)
  Highest test quartile ......| 40.0(1.17)|15.5(0.80)| 59.0(1.25)| 62.3(1.04)| 9.0(0.72)| 11.6(0.73)|  8.7(0.75)|13.4(0.75)| 26.9(1.05)| 28.7(1.02)|  6.7(0.60)| 7.4(0.67)
                              |           |          |           |           |          |           |           |          |           |           |           |
Socioeconomic status\3\       |           |          |           |           |          |           |           |          |           |           |           |
  Low ........................| 26.3(1.05)| 5.6(0.46)| 42.0(1.19)| 44.9(1.09)| 8.2(0.82)| 13.5(0.73)|  5.8(0.56)| 6.7(0.50)| 18.3(0.93)| 15.6(0.75)| 17.1(1.15)| 9.2(0.76)
  Middle .....................| 31.5(0.89)| 7.2(0.38)| 52.7(0.92)| 54.9(0.82)| 9.6(0.65)| 14.2(0.60)|  7.1(0.55)| 8.8(0.39)| 22.1(0.77)| 21.6(0.64)| 11.4(0.67)| 8.6(0.50)
  High .......................| 34.9(1.16)|13.3(0.74)| 63.2(1.21)| 64.3(1.05)| 9.3(0.65)| 12.8(0.78)|  9.4(0.68)|13.5(0.79)| 24.4(1.09)| 27.1(1.02)|  6.5(0.54)| 7.0(0.57)
                              |           |          |           |           |          |           |           |          |           |           |           |
Region                        |           |          |           |           |          |           |           |          |           |           |           |
  Northeast ..................| 26.9(1.35)| 7.6(0.85)| 55.7(1.49)| 59.3(1.36)| 8.0(0.66)| 14.5(1.26)| 11.0(1.21)|11.2(0.78)| 22.7(1.33)| 20.8(1.29)|  3.5(0.46)| 4.9(0.63)
  Midwest ....................| 33.4(1.27)| 6.8(0.57)| 58.3(1.27)| 57.9(1.36)| 8.6(0.63)| 13.7(0.89)|  5.4(0.53)| 8.8(0.77)| 26.6(1.22)| 27.5(1.07)| 11.7(1.17)| 8.0(1.10)
  South ......................| 32.6(1.06)|10.8(0.58)| 46.3(1.16)| 52.7(0.89)|11.3(0.96)| 15.4(0.76)|  5.9(0.53)| 9.8(0.50)| 18.8(0.93)| 21.4(0.85)| 18.6(1.10)|11.5(0.73)
  West .......................| 27.5(1.32)| 7.0(0.66)| 51.6(1.59)| 50.9(1.53)| 6.8(0.71)| 10.4(0.88)|  8.7(0.78)| 8.5(0.77)| 18.2(1.30)| 15.8(0.95)|  7.2(0.86)| 7.0(0.80)
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Sophomore's school sector     |           |          |           |           |          |           |           |          |           |           |           |
  Public .....................| 31.0(0.65)| 8.1(0.37)| 50.8(0.70)| 53.2(0.67)| 9.2(0.46)| 13.8(0.49)|  6.7(0.38)| 8.9(0.35)| 22.1(0.61)| 21.2(0.53)| 12.6(0.60)| 8.8(0.46)
  Catholic ...................| 28.6(2.40)|11.3(0.51)| 66.5(2.76)| 73.1(1.38)| 7.1(1.18)| 10.7(1.06)| 12.3(1.53)|17.1(1.35)| 12.6(1.60)| 18.1(1.82)|  2.8(0.64)| 2.2(0.37)
  Other private ..............| 29.1(4.60)|10.5(0.56)| 68.0(4.46)| 73.9(2.16)| 9.9(2.47)| 15.5(1.96)| 13.1(3.50)|14.8(2.14)| 25.7(5.01)| 33.9(3.61)|  5.5(2.32)| 3.8(1.02)
______________________________|___________|__________|___________|___________|__________|___________|___________|__________|___________|___________|___________|__________
---Not available.
†Not applicable.
\1\Composite of performance on mathematics, reading, science, and social studies tests.
\2\The second quartile in 2002 is a combination of the middle two test quartiles.
\3\Socioeconomic status (SES) was measured by a composite score on parental education and occupations, and family income.
NOTE: Standard errors appear in parentheses.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, A Profile of the American High School Sophomore in 2002, Base Year of the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002; and America's High School Sophomores: A Ten Year Comparison, 1980-1990, The National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88/90), "First Follow-up, 1990." (This table was prepared August 2005.)


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