Percentage of students from kindergarten through eighth grade participating in weekly nonparental after-school care arrangements, by activities, arrangement type, and student and family characteristics: 2005

After-School Programs and Activities: 2005

NCES 2006-072
May 2006

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Table 9. Percentage of students from kindergarten through eighth grade participating in weekly nonparental after-school care arrangements, by activities, arrangement type, and student and family characteristics: 2005
		Activity at nonparental after-school care arrangement
Characteristic	Number of students (thousands)	Homework, educational activities, reading, writing	Computers	Arts (perform or study music, crafts, drama)	Chores, work	Outdoor play, sports	Indoor play	Television, videos, video games, listen to music
Total	16,005	77	18	24	9	43	30	42
Arrangement type
Relative	5,274	81	14	12	9	37	26	61
Nonrelative	1,962	71	2	16	5	52	42	37
School- or center-based	7,065	70	17	38	2	46	32	11
Self-care	4,267	76	20	10	19	26	13	22
Student's grade
K-2	4,839	68	14	32	4	49	43	39
3-5	5,364	83	18	25	7	48	33	37
6-8	5,802	80	21	18	14	35	17	50
Student's sex
Male	8,599	75	17	19	8	50	31	45
Female	7,406	80	18	31	10	36	29	39
Student's race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	8,130	73	17	25	8	46	32	42
Black, non-Hispanic	3,324	86	21	20	10	40	28	42
Hispanic	3,060	81	16	25	8	43	31	43
Asian or Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic	404	80	24	35	4	40	21	30
Other race, non-Hispanic¹	1,087	76	14	31	9	40	30	45
Family type
Two parents	10,034	76	16	25	9	43	30	40
One parent	5,315	80	20	23	9	44	31	46
Nonparent guardian(s)	657	78	15	25	8	46	22	48
Parents' language spoken most at home²
Both/only parent(s) speak(s) English	14,360	77	18	24	9	44	30	42
One of two parents speaks English	364	83	15	24	12	32	30	44
No parent speaks English	1,281	78	18	25	8	36	32	43
Mother's level of education³
Less than a high school diploma	1,383	77	15	17	9	43	33	44
High school/GED	4,531	78	17	25	12	43	27	44
Vocational/technical or some college	4,865	79	19	23	10	40	29	44
Bachelor's degree	2,550	75	17	27	4	48	33	40
Graduate or professional degree	1,868	74	18	30	5	49	36	35
Mother's school enrollment status³
Enrolled	2,243	78	17	27	8	39	26	44
Not enrolled	12,953	77	18	24	9	45	31	42
Mother's employment status³
35 or more hours per week	9,538	78	17	24	8	46	32	44
Less than 35 hours per week	2,936	75	20	25	8	39	29	42
Looking for work	655	83	29	33	9	49	19	45
Not in the labor force	2,067	71	12	27	10	38	27	34
Mother's work shift ^3,4
Regular shift	11,409	78	18	23	9	44	31	43
Variable shift	1,065	78	19	28	6	48	33	49
Neighborhood conditions⁵
Concern regarding neighborhood health and safety conditions	2,715	77	20	25	10	46	29	43
No concern regarding neighborhood health and safety conditions	13,290	77	17	24	9	43	31	42
Household income
$25,000 or less	4,246	79	20	21	9	41	29	47
$25,001 to $50,000	4,100	77	17	25	11	44	30	46
$50,001 to $75,000	3,246	76	17	23	8	44	32	38
$75,001 to $100,000	2,023	77	17	27	7	41	31	39
$100,001 or more	2,389	76	17	28	6	47	31	35
Poverty status⁶
At or above poverty threshold	12,716	77	18	25	9	44	31	42
Below poverty threshold	3,289	78	18	21	9	42	28	45
¹ 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.
² 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.
³ Students without mothers living in the household are not included in estimates related to mother's education, enrollment, employment status, or work shift.
⁴ 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.
⁵ 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?
⁶ 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 students in kindergarten through eighth grade, not older than 15 years, not homeschooled, and in at least one weekly after-school care arrangement. Students could have up to three activities. As a result, percentages may sum to more than 100. 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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