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After-School Programs and Activities: 2005

NCES 2006-072
May 2006

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Table 7. Percentage of students from kindergarten through eighth grade in weekly after-school arrangements that have a fee whose families are receiving assistance for after-school care fees, by type of arrangement and student and family characteristics: 2005
Characteristic Number of students (thousands) Percentage of students who receive assistance for after-school care
Total 4,388 $20.00
Arrangement type1
Relative 867 29
Nonrelative 1,509 19
School- or center-based 4,046 17
Student's grade
K–2 1,846 21
3–5 1,808 19
6–8 734 19
Student's sex
Male 2,372 18
Female 2,016 21
Student's race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic 2,237 15
Black, non-Hispanic 905 33
Hispanic 829 23
Asian or Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic 120
Other race, non-Hispanic2 297 14
Family type
Two parents 2,907 11
One parent 1,339 35
Nonparent guardian(s) 142 59
Parents' language spoken most at home3
Both/only parent(s) speak(s) English 4,100 20
One of two parents speaks English 53
No parent speaks English 236 10
Mother's level of education4
Less than a high school diploma 160 40
High school/GED 1,001 23
Vocational/technical or some college 1,454 22
Bachelor's degree 890 13
Graduate or professional degree 730 11
Mother's school enrollment status4
Enrolled 570 26
Not enrolled 3,665 18
Mother's employment status4
35 or more hours per week 2,758 15
Less than 35 hours per week 777 19
Looking for work 197 61
Not in the labor force 502 26
Mother's work shift 4,5
Regular shift 3,290 16
Variable shift 246 19
Neighborhood conditions6
Concern regarding neighborhood
  health and safety conditions
855 27
No concern regarding neighborhood
  health and safety conditions
3,533 18
Household income
$25,000 or less 942 48
$25,001 to $50,000 949 19
$50,001 to $75,000 824 13
$75,001 to $100,000 700 5
$100,001 or more 974 9
Poverty status7
At or above poverty threshold 3,744 13
Below poverty threshold 645 56
Reporting standards not met; too few cases for analysis.
1 Children may receive assistance for more than one type of nonparental care arrangement; therefore arrangement types will not sum to total.
2 “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.
3 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.”
4 Students without mothers living in the household are not included in estimates related to mother's education, enrollment, employment status, or work shift.
5 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.
6 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?”
7Students 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 students in kindergarten through eighth grade, not older than 15 years, not homeschooled, and who are in at least one weekly after-school care arrangement. Families may receive assistance from multiple sources. 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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