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| Table 143. | Percent of high school seniors who participate in selected school-sponsored extracurricular activities, by student characteristics: 1982 and 1992 |
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|Academic| Athletics | Cheerleading | Hobby clubs | Music | Vocational
Student characteristics | clubs, | |and drill team | | | clubs
| 1992 |_________________|_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________
| | 1982 | 1992 | 1982 | 1992 | 1982 | 1992 | 1982 | 1992 | 1982 | 1992
______________________________|________|________|________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12
______________________________|________|________|________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
All seniors................ | 25.1 | 50.0 | 40.0 | 13.5 | 7.6 | 19.5 | 7.7 | 27.6 | 19.8 | 23.5 | 17.7
Male .......................| 22.9 | 58.9 | 51.4 | 4.3 | 2.0 | 22.9 | 8.1 | 19.2 | 15.1 | 20.4 | 14.7
Female .....................| 27.4 | 41.4 | 28.5 | 22.1 | 13.0 | 16.4 | 7.4 | 35.6 | 24.5 | 26.4 | 20.7
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Race/ethnicity | | | | | | | | | | |
White ......................| 25.8 | 49.8 | 41.1 | 13.1 | 7.4 | 18.7 | 7.4 | 26.7 | 19.6 | 21.9 | 17.6
Black ......................| 20.7 | 51.8 | 38.9 | 16.9 | 10.6 | 18.5 | 6.6 | 34.7 | 24.4 | 31.0 | 22.5
Hispanic ...................| 22.6 | 49.9 | 32.9 | 14.1 | 6.7 | 23.6 | 9.1 | 26.8 | 16.9 | 27.5 | 16.4
Asian ......................| 32.3 | 43.7 | 42.3 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 26.1 | 11.3 | 20.6 | 17.7 | 7.0 | 8.8
American Indian.............| 17.7 | 52.8 | 42.5 | 11.5 | 11.9 | 30.3 | 10.8 | 26.5 | 16.8 | 30.0 | 22.1
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Test performance quartile | | | | | | | | | | |
Lowest test quartile........| 18.1 | 44.2 | 39.6 | 14.3 | 8.5 | 19.9 | 8.9 | 28.0 | 17.9 | 33.2 | 25.0
Second test quartile........| 20.1 | 44.9 | 40.2 | 12.8 | 7.2 | 21.3 | 6.3 | 25.3 | 17.7 | 30.3 | 22.3
Third test quartile.........| 26.3 | 51.3 | 43.8 | 13.9 | 7.9 | 18.3 | 7.2 | 26.6 | 20.7 | 23.0 | 17.9
Highest test quartile.......| 37.1 | 58.7 | 48.8 | 12.9 | 7.9 | 17.8 | 9.1 | 31.6 | 23.2 | 11.4 | 11.4
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Socioeconomic status\1\ | | | | | | | | | | |
Low quartile ...............| 18.8 | 40.4 | 30.4 | 11.0 | 6.5 | 18.4 | 6.7 | 23.6 | 17.6 | 30.8 | 24.8
Middle 2 quartiles .........| 24.1 | 51.0 | 38.8 | 14.3 | 7.9 | 20.2 | 7.0 | 28.5 | 19.6 | 24.8 | 19.7
High quartile ..............| 31.1 | 58.6 | 49.3 | 14.4 | 7.8 | 19.2 | 9.3 | 30.4 | 22.0 | 13.6 | 9.9
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Control of school | | | | | | | | | | |
Public......................| 25.1 | 48.8 | 38.6 | 13.5 | 7.6 | 19.4 | 7.4 | 27.8 | 19.8 | 25.3 | 19.4
Catholic....................| 26.4 | 56.6 | 51.3 | 14.8 | 8.3 | 20.8 | 9.8 | 23.6 | 12.0 | 5.8 | 2.4
Other private...............| 24.5 | 66.9 | 58.5 | 11.6 | 5.9 | 22.2 | 11.0 | 30.6 | 31.3 | 12.6 | 2.9
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Location of school | | | | | | | | | | |
Urban.......................| 24.7 | 45.9 | 37.3 | 11.8 | 7.7 | 20.3 | 8.9 | 28.3 | 18.2 | 20.0 | 12.1
Suburban....................| 24.8 | 50.3 | 41.2 | 11.3 | 6.8 | 19.6 | 7.4 | 25.9 | 18.4 | 18.9 | 13.7
Rural/nonmetropolitan area..| 26.0 | 52.3 | 41.1 | 18.1 | 8.4 | 18.9 | 7.0 | 29.8 | 23.1 | 32.9 | 28.0
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\1\Socioeconomic status was measured by a composite score on parental education and occupations, and family income. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "High School and Beyond," First Followup survey, 1980 Sophomore Cohort; and "National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988," Second Followup survey. (This table was prepared April 1995.) |
