Elementary and Secondary Education

Student Effort, Persistence and Progress

Table S29-1. Standard errors for the percentage of kindergarten through 8th-grade students who participated in various afterschool activities since the beginning of the school year, by student and school characteristics: 2005

		Activity
Student or school characteristic	Any activity	Academic activities	Arts	Clubs	Community service	Religious activities	Scouts	Sports

Total	0.52	0.31	0.52	0.29	0.32	0.46	0.35	0.55
Grade
K–2	1.19	0.46	0.97	0.31	0.37	0.80	0.71	1.12
3–5	1.04	0.64	0.93	0.51	0.63	1.05	0.69	1.12
6–8	0.84	0.58	0.65	0.51	0.55	0.60	0.39	0.89

Sex
Male	0.83	0.39	0.58	0.36	0.46	0.70	0.47	0.80
Female	0.85	0.47	0.73	0.43	0.47	0.65	0.51	0.83

Race/ethnicity
White	0.72	0.45	0.66	0.43	0.48	0.61	0.54	0.70
Black	1.96	1.00	1.09	0.57	0.82	1.64	0.74	1.54
Hispanic	1.29	0.51	0.75	0.37	0.46	0.96	0.61	1.18

Household income
$15,000 or less	1.78	0.75	0.85	0.66	0.56	1.69	0.74	1.15
$15,001–$30,000	1.37	0.58	0.99	0.50	0.65	1.17	0.63	1.23
$30,001–$50,000	1.42	0.73	1.16	0.54	0.84	1.14	0.87	1.15
$50,001–$75,000	1.38	0.76	1.20	0.65	0.71	1.16	1.02	1.19
$75,001 or more	1.03	0.57	1.05	0.72	0.68	0.98	0.70	1.14

Poverty status
Poor	1.40	0.74	0.97	0.46	0.53	1.35	0.64	1.29
Near-poor	1.34	0.58	0.91	0.46	0.68	0.96	0.61	1.07
Nonpoor	0.77	0.43	0.70	0.46	0.46	0.69	0.57	0.79

Parents’ education
Less than high school	1.06	0.32	0.57	0.10	0.30	0.73	0.41	0.82
High school diploma or equivalent	1.13	0.42	0.76	0.40	0.42	0.86	0.63	0.98
Some college, including vocational/technical	1.37	0.73	1.01	0.46	0.58	1.20	0.76	1.29
Bachelor’s degree	1.52	0.74	1.06	0.77	0.76	1.35	0.91	1.40
Graduate/professional degree	1.38	0.80	1.36	0.80	0.92	1.34	0.99	1.44

Mother’s employment
35 hours or more per week	0.94	0.50	0.70	0.38	0.47	0.72	0.49	1.00
Less than 35 hours per week	1.18	0.70	1.02	0.71	0.86	1.11	0.88	1.23
Not employed	1.21	0.45	0.88	0.47	0.61	1.05	0.74	1.05

Family structure
Two-parent household	0.69	0.38	0.68	0.37	0.45	0.59	0.45	0.73
One-parent or guardian-only household	1.28	0.56	1.00	0.41	0.54	0.95	0.48	0.91

Community type
Urban	0.63	0.34	0.54	0.32	0.37	0.53	0.40	0.64
Rural	1.34	0.66	1.18	0.61	0.69	1.15	0.91	1.33

School type
Public	0.59	0.33	0.54	0.30	0.31	0.52	0.36	0.63
Private	1.76	1.10	1.72	0.87	1.49	1.71	1.05	1.72

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, After-School Programs and Activities Survey of the 2005 National Household Education Surveys Program.

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