Table 388.

Percentage of 1988 8th-graders who volunteered in various capacities in a 12-month period ending in 2000, by selected young adult characteristics: 2000

Young adult characteristic	Percent participating in voluntary or community service activity
	Volunteered in a youth organization		Volunteered in a civic or community organization		Participated in a political campaign
1	2		3		4
Total	19.0	(0.67)	21.5	(0.99)	3.9	(0.43)
Sex
Male	17.4	(0.95)	20.2	(1.68)	3.8	(0.45)
Female	20.7	(0.93)	22.9	(1.09)	4.0	(0.71)
Race/ethnicity
White	18.8	(0.70)	21.2	(0.73)	3.7	(0.38)
Black	19.5	(2.72)	25.9	(6.09)	2.4	(0.90)
Hispanic	20.4	(2.48)	19.0	(3.02)	6.7	(2.68)
Asian/Pacific Islander	19.4	(2.73)	19.7	(2.62)	3.5	(1.09)
American Indian/Alaska Native	20.5	(5.89)	18.1	(7.85)	2.9	(1.43)
8th-grade socioeconomic status
Lowest quartile	14.5	(1.19)	12.7	(1.04)	2.4	(0.42)
Middle two quartiles	18.8	(1.00)	22.4	(1.76)	4.0	(0.79)
Highest quartile	23.6	(1.29)	27.8	(1.21)	5.0	(0.52)
Mathematics achievement in 8th grade
Low	16.1	(1.58)	21.0	(3.66)	2.4	(0.42)
Middle two quartiles	18.8	(0.89)	18.5	(0.84)	3.5	(0.44)
High	23.3	(1.26)	28.0	(1.24)	4.2	(0.55)
Method of high school completion by 2000
High school diploma	20.6	(0.75)	23.7	(1.11)	4.1	(0.49)
GED certificate	14.9	(2.27)	12.3	(1.76)	4.1	(1.39)
No diploma or equivalent	7.9	(1.47)	9.5	(1.80)	1.8	(0.88)
Postsecondary attainment by 2000
None	12.4	(1.29)	12.0	(1.26)	2.3	(0.62)
Less than bachelor's degree	18.7	(1.07)	21.3	(1.87)	4.1	(0.77)
Bachelor's degree	24.6	(1.11)	29.3	(1.16)	5.1	(0.68)
Master's or higher degree	27.2	(3.48)	32.2	(3.69)	3.5	(1.02)

NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic origin. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Coming of Age in the 1990s: The Eighth-Grade Class of 1988 12 Years Later, National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88/2000), "Fourth Follow- up, 2000." (This table was prepared April 2005.)