Mean number of hours per week students from kindergarten through eighth grade spent in after-school care arrangements, by type of arrangement and student and family characteristics: 2005

After-School Programs and Activities: 2005

NCES 2006-072
May 2006

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Table 4. Mean number of hours per week students from kindergarten through eighth grade spent in after-school care arrangements, by type of arrangement and student and family characteristics: 2005
			Hours spent per week in different types of nonparental after-school care arrangement²
Characteristic	Number of students (thousands)	At least one weekly non- parental after-school arrangements¹	Relative	Nonrelative	School- or center- based	Activities used for supervision	Self-care
Total	17,012	7.5	10.6	10.2	7.3	4.5	4.6
Student's grade
K–2	5,073	9.9	11.0	11.2	8.1	3.1	5.4
3–5	5,651	8.3	10.0	9.4	7.2	4.2	3.4
6–8	6,288	4.7	10.7	9.1	6.3	5.6	4.8
Student's sex
Male	9,049	7.5	10.3	10.6	7.5	4.9	4.6
Female	7,963	7.4	10.9	9.8	7.0	4.2	4.6
Student's race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	8,740	6.3	8.9	9.0	6.8	4.5	4.5
Black, non-Hispanic	3,475	9.8	12.7	14.5	8.3	4.5	4.4
Hispanic	3,193	8.0	12.0	9.9	7.0	4.6	4.6
Asian or Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic	447	7.6	12.0	11.0	7.2	3.0	4.3
Other race, non-Hispanic³	1,157	7.9	11.0	11.4	7.8	5.4	5.5
Family type
Two parents	10,817	6.1	8.2	9.6	6.9	4.3	4.4
One parent	5,495	9.9	13.1	11.2	8.2	5.2	5.1
Nonparent guardian(s)	699	10.2	15.2	9.9	6.3	4.7	4.5
Parents' language spoken most at home⁴
Both/only parent(s) speak(s) English	15,257	7.5	10.3	10.2	7.4	4.6	4.5
One of two parents speaks English	398	7.3	12.5	12.5	5.3	3.5	6.2
No parent speaks English	1,357	7.2	13.2	10.0	6.8	3.3	4.8
Mother's level of education⁵
Less than a high school diploma	1,427	7.2	13.6	12.7	6.1	4.8	5.3
High school/GED	4,868	8.0	11.2	11.6	7.7	4.6	4.3
Vocational/technical or some college	5,094	7.7	9.9	10.0	7.3	4.1	4.7
Bachelor's degree	2,786	6.7	9.2	9.6	7.1	4.4	4.5
Graduate or professional degree	1,997	6.6	8.5	8.8	7.6	5.1	4.5
Mother's school enrollment status⁵
Enrolled	2,336	7.3	9.4	9.8	7.6	4.1	4.5
Not enrolled	13,836	7.4	10.6	10.3	7.3	4.6	4.6
Mother's employment status⁵
35 or more hours per week	9,945	8.4	10.2	11.3	8.0	4.6	5.0
Less than 35 hours per week	3,159	5.9	9.2	7.7	6.7	4.4	3.6
Looking for work	696	8.9	13.7	8.9	6.7	5.6	5.0
Not in the labor force	2,372	5.1	13.1	7.3	5.7	3.9	4.4
Mother's work shift^{5, 6}
Regular shift	11,974	7.6	9.4	10.4	7.9	4.6	4.6
Variable shift	1,131	9.8	15.9	11.3	6.1	4.8	4.4
Neighborhood conditions⁷
Concern regarding neighborhood health and safety conditions	2,875	8.9	12.7	10.9	7.1	4.6	4.6
No concern regarding neighborhood health and safety conditions	14,137	7.2	10.1	10.0	7.3	4.5	4.6
Household income
$25,000 or less	4,463	9.0	13.4	12.4	7.6	4.8	4.8
$25,001 to $50,000	4,315	8.2	10.7	11.0	7.4	4.5	4.6
$50,001 to $75,000	3,488	6.2	8.8	7.9	6.7	4.1	3.9
$75,001 to $100,000	2,144	6.5	8.2	8.4	7.7	4.8	4.7
$100,001 or more	2,602	6.1	8.5	9.9	7.0	4.7	4.9
Poverty status⁸
At or above poverty threshold	13,536	7.1	9.8	9.6	7.3	4.5	4.5
Below poverty threshold	3,476	8.8	13.5	13.2	7.2	5.0	4.7
¹ Estimate indicates hours per week, per student, across all weekly arrangements of all types. For students with more than one arrangement, the hours for each arrangement are summed to calculate the total amount of time in after-school care per week.
² Estimates indicate hours per week for after-school care of a given type, per student. For students with more than one arrangement of a given type, the hours for each arrangement of that type are summed to calculate the total amount of time in after-school care per week.
³ “Other race, non-Hispanic” includes children who were multiracial and not of Hispanic ethnicity, or who were American Indian or Alaska Native, or were not Hispanic, White, Black, Asian, or Pacific Islander.
⁴ Complete descriptions of the categories for parents' language are as follows: (1) “Both/only parent(s) learned English as child(ren) or currently speak(s) English in the home,” (2) “One of two parents learned English as a child or currently speaks English in the home,” and (3) “No parent learned English as a child and both/only parent(s) currently speak(s) a non-English language in the home.”
⁵ Students without mothers living in the household are not included in estimates related to mother's education, enrollment, employment status, or work shift.
⁶ Work shifts were collapsed into two categories: regular and variable work shifts. A regular work shift is one with set hours. A variable shift is one that changes from days to evenings or nights regardless of whether the hours are set by the employer or the employee. The number of hours worked was not considered in the creation of this variable.
⁷ Parents or guardians respond “yes” or “no” to the question: “Are there any conditions in your neighborhood that make you worried about the health or safety of ((CHILD)/any of the children) in your household?”
⁸ Students are considered poor if they were living in households with incomes below the poverty threshold, which is a dollar amount determined by the federal government to meet the household's needs, given its size and composition.
NOTE: Estimates include all students in kindergarten through eighth grade, not older than 15 years, not homeschooled, and with at least one weekly nonparental care arrangement. Students may have multiple arrangements. The sum of hours in nonparental arrangements is taken for each student. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
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 (ASPA-NHES: 2005).

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