Youth Indicators 1996 / Indicator 40, Chart 1

Indicator 40. After School Activities

Percent of high school seniors who watch more than 5 hours of television on school nights, by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status: 1992

SOURCES: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, "Second Followup".

Although there appears to be a negative relationship between television watching and performance on achievement tests, other variables such as socioeconomic characteristics are also negatively related with television watching. Higher SES students were less likely to watch five or more hours of TV on school nights.