| Table 140. | Participation of 10th and 12th graders in extracurricular activities, by selected student characteristics: 1990 and 1992 |
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| Percent who participated in school activities
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| | 1992 12th graders
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Extracurricular | Total | | Sex | Race/ethnicity | Socioeconomic |Control of school attended
activities | 1990 |Total | |________________________________| status\1\ |__________________________
| 10th | |____________| | |His- | |American|__________________| | | Other
|graders| |Male |Female|White|Black|panic|Asian| Indian | Low |Middle|High |Public|Catholic | private
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16
_________________________________|_______|______|_____|______|_____|_____|_____|_____|________|_____|______|_____|______|_________|_________
Athletics | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interscholastic team sport.......| --- | 30.4 |41.2 | 19.7 |30.8 |32.3 |25.8 |28.3 | 30.4 |25.3 | 30.1 |34.4 | 29.6 | 31.2 | 48.9
Interscholastic individual sport.| --- | 20.3 |26.8 | 13.9 |20.9 |21.2 |14.9 |21.6 | 20.7 |13.6 | 18.7 |27.7 | 20.0 | 24.6 | 21.8
Intramural team sport............| --- | 22.7 |31.8 | 13.8 |22.3 |25.8 |20.8 |24.9 | 27.9 |20.4 | 22.9 |24.1 | 22.0 | 29.7 | 29.6
Intramural individual sport......| --- | 13.3 |16.7 | 10.0 |12.5 |16.7 |14.0 |14.7 | 18.2 |10.8 | 12.5 |15.9 | 13.5 | 13.3 | 10.7
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Performing arts | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Cheerleading ....................| 5.9 | 7.6 | 2.0 | 13.0 | 7.4 |10.6 | 6.7 | 5.1 | 11.9 | 6.5 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 5.9
School band or orchestra ........| 20.9 | 19.8 |15.1 | 24.5 |19.6 |24.4 |16.9 |17.7 | 16.8 |17.6 | 19.6 |22.0 | 19.8 | 12.0 | 31.3
School play or musical ..........| 11.0 | 15.4 |14.1 | 16.7 |16.1 |15.9 |10.6 |13.7 | 14.0 |11.4 | 14.8 |19.4 | 15.0 | 14.2 | 26.2
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School government/clubs | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Student government ..............| 7.3 | 15.4 |13.1 | 17.7 |15.4 |16.7 |14.7 |14.6 | 14.3 |11.0 | 14.7 |19.8 | 15.0 | 14.5 | 27.9
Academic honor society ..........| 7.7 | 18.5 |14.4 | 22.7 |19.6 |14.0 |12.5 |27.2 | 13.6 | 9.6 | 15.9 |29.5 | 17.7 | 28.0 | 22.9
School yearbook/newspaper .......| 8.8 | 18.8 |14.0 | 23.5 |19.7 |14.3 |16.8 |18.9 | 21.2 |14.3 | 16.9 |25.1 | 17.0 | 28.0 | 46.7
School service clubs ............| 11.5 | 13.9 |10.3 | 17.4 |13.6 |13.6 |14.4 |19.3 | 11.6 | 8.4 | 12.5 |19.6 | 13.6 | 17.3 | 15.4
School academic clubs ...........| 30.7 | 25.1 |22.9 | 27.4 |25.8 |20.7 |22.6 |32.3 | 17.7 |18.8 | 24.1 |31.1 | 25.1 | 26.4 | 24.5
School hobby clubs ..............| 7.3 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 6.6 | 9.1 |11.3 | 10.8 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 9.3 | 7.4 | 9.8 | 11.0
School FTA, FHA, and FFA ........| 11.7 | 17.7 |14.7 | 20.7 |17.6 |22.5 |16.4 | 8.8 | 22.1 |24.8 | 19.7 | 9.9 | 19.4 | 2.4 | 2.9
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\1\Socioeconomic status 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. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988," First and Second Followup surveys. (This table was prepared March 1994.) |
