Percent of high school seniors who participate in various school-sponsored extracurricular activities, by selected student characteristics: 1980 and 1992

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Table 139.

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                            |  Academic | Athletics | Cheerleading  |  Newspaper|Music, drama,| Vocational
Selected student            |    clubs  |           |and drill team |or yearbook|    debate   |   clubs
characteristic              |___________|___________|_______________|___________|_____________|___________
                            | 1980| 1992| 1980| 1992|   1980|   1992| 1980| 1992|  1980|  1992| 1980| 1992
____________________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_______|_______|_____|_____|______|______|_____|_____
1                           |   2 |   3 |   4 |   5 |     6 |     7 |   8 |   9 |   10 |   11 |  12 |  13
____________________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_______|_______|_____|_____|______|______|_____|_____
   All seniors .............| 25.6| 25.1| 51.8| 42.9|   15.1|    7.5| 19.9| 18.8|  36.5|  27.9| 23.1| 17.7
                            |_____|_____|_____|_____|______ |______ |_____|_____|______|______|_____|______
Sex                         |     |     |     |     |       |       |     |     |      |      |     |
  Male .....................| 20.3| 22.8| 64.0| 55.3|    4.5|    2.0| 15.4| 14.0|  28.4|  23.0| 19.1| 14.7
  Female ...................| 30.9| 27.4| 40.6| 30.3|   24.8|   13.0| 24.0| 23.5|  44.0|  32.7| 26.7| 20.6
                            |     |     |     |     |       |       |     |     |      |      |     |
Race/ethnicity              |     |     |     |     |       |       |     |     |      |      |     |
  White, non-Hispanic ......| 25.0| 25.8| 51.6| 44.1|   14.9|    7.4| 20.1| 19.7|  35.8|  28.1| 22.3| 17.6
  Black, non-Hispanic ......| 33.1| 20.6| 54.4| 41.4|   17.6|   10.6| 17.8| 14.3|  43.2|  32.2| 30.1| 22.5
  Hispanic .................| 24.2| 22.6| 49.4| 35.3|   12.3|    6.6| 15.8| 16.8|  31.1|  22.3| 27.3| 16.4
  Asian/Pacific Islander ...| 26.6| 32.3| 48.8| 45.2|   14.6|    5.1| 21.4| 18.9|  36.6|  25.8|  9.6|  8.8
                            |     |     |     |     |       |       |     |     |      |      |     |
Test performance quartile/1/|     |     |     |     |       |       |     |     |      |      |     |
  Lowest test quartile .....| 24.6| 18.1| 46.3| 40.3|   15.0|    8.5| 14.6| 12.0|  31.8|  23.3| 33.0| 25.0
  Middle 2 test quartiles ..| 24.3| 23.3| 49.4| 42.3|   16.0|    7.6| 18.7| 17.1|  35.6|  26.5| 24.2| 20.0
  Highest test quartile ....| 29.0| 37.1| 54.0| 49.0|   13.5|    7.9| 27.1| 27.9|  43.4|  35.2| 12.4| 11.4
                            |     |     |     |     |       |       |     |     |      |      |     |
Socioeconomic status/2/     |     |     |     |     |       |       |     |     |      |      |     |
  Low ......................| 24.6| 19.4| 43.2| 33.9|   13.0|    6.7| 15.7| 14.2|  31.0|  24.1| 30.6| 24.8
  Middle ...................| 24.3| 24.5| 52.1| 41.7|   15.9|    8.0| 19.2| 17.5|  35.8|  27.8| 24.1| 18.5
  High .....................| 29.0| 31.7| 61.7| 53.9|   15.6|    7.7| 25.3| 25.5|  43.8|  31.6| 13.4|  9.3
                            |     |     |     |     |       |       |     |     |      |      |     |
High school program/3/      |     |     |     |     |       |       |     |     |      |      |     |
  General ..................| 19.6| 18.3| 49.9| 37.8|   14.0|    7.1| 16.7| 14.6|  34.5|  26.3| 22.6| 16.7
  Academic .................| 28.7| 34.2| 60.1| 50.8|   17.2|    8.8| 26.9| 24.9|  44.1|  32.8| 13.1| 12.6
  Vocational ...............| 23.1| 14.7| 42.4| 30.1|   13.3|    4.9| 13.2| 11.2|  27.7|  16.2| 39.3| 41.2
                            |     |     |     |     |       |       |     |     |      |      |     |
Region                      |     |     |     |     |       |       |     |     |      |      |     |
  Northwest ................| 19.6| 23.1| 54.5| 48.6|   11.5|    6.9| 24.6| 28.3|  34.5|  28.4| 10.6|  8.1
  Midwest ..................| 21.4| 25.4| 52.8| 45.8|   15.3|    8.0| 18.4| 18.2|  37.1|  32.0| 20.0| 18.4
  South ....................| 30.8| 28.2| 48.2| 38.8|   18.0|    8.5| 18.8| 15.0|  37.9|  25.6| 40.0| 27.2
  West .....................| 21.9| 21.6| 52.9| 40.6|   14.0|    6.0| 16.8| 16.5|  35.2|  25.6| 15.8| 10.0
____________________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_______|_______|_____|_____|______|______|_____|_____

\1\Composite of performance on mathematics, reading, science, and social studies tests.
\2\Socioeconomic status (SES) was measured by a composite score on parental education and occupations, and family income. The "low" SES group is the lowest quartile; the "middle" SES group is the middle two quartiles; and the "high" SES group is the upper quartile.
\3\Program as reported by student.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School and Beyond Longitudinal Study of 1980 Seniors (HS&B-Sr:80/92); and The National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88/92), "Second Follow-up, Students, 1992." (This table was prepared February 1996.)

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