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Table 142. Percent of high school seniors who participate in various school-sponsored extracurricular activities, by selected student characteristics: 1980 and 1992 

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                              |  Academic | Athletics | Cheerleading  | Newspaper   |Music, drama,| Vocational
       Selected student       |    clubs  |           |and drill team | or yearbook |    debate   |   clubs
        characteristic        |___________|___________|_______________|_____________|_____________|___________
                              |1980 |1992 |1980 |1992 | 1980  | 1992  | 1980 | 1992 | 1980 | 1992 |1980 |1992
______________________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_______|_______|______|______|______|______|_____|_____
              1               |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |   6   |   7   |  8   |  9   |  10  |  11  | 12  | 13
______________________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_______|_______|______|______|______|______|_____|_____
All seniors...................| 25.6| 25.1| 51.8| 42.9|   15.1|    7.5|  19.9|  18.8|  36.5|  27.9| 23.1| 17.7
Sex                           |     |     |     |     |       |       |      |      |      |      |     |
  Male .......................| 20.3| 22.8| 64.0| 55.3|    4.5|    2.0|  15.4|  14.0|  28.4|  23.0| 19.1| 14.7
  Female .....................| 30.9| 27.4| 40.6| 30.3|   24.8|   13.0|  24.0|  23.5|  44.0|  32.7| 26.7| 20.6
                              |     |     |     |     |       |       |      |      |      |      |     |
Race/ethnicity                |     |     |     |     |       |       |      |      |      |      |     |
  White ......................| 25.0| 25.8| 51.6| 44.1|   14.9|    7.4|  20.1|  19.7|  35.8|  28.1| 22.3| 17.6
  Black ......................| 33.1| 20.6| 54.4| 41.4|   17.6|   10.6|  17.8|  14.3|  43.2|  32.2| 30.1| 22.5
  Hispanic ...................| 24.2| 22.6| 49.4| 35.3|   12.3|    6.6|  15.8|  16.8|  31.1|  22.3| 27.3| 16.4
  Asian ......................| 26.6| 32.3| 48.8| 45.2|   14.6|    5.1|  21.4|  18.9|  36.6|  25.8|  9.6|  8.8
                              |     |     |     |     |       |       |      |      |      |      |     |
Test performance quartile\1\  |     |     |     |     |       |       |      |      |      |      |     |
  Lowest test quartile .......| 24.6| 18.1| 46.3| 40.3|   15.0|    8.5|  14.6|  12.0|  31.8|  23.3| 33.0| 25.0
  Middle 2 test quartiles ....| 24.3| 23.3| 49.4| 42.3|   16.0|    7.6|  18.7|  17.1|  35.6|  26.5| 24.2| 20.0
  Highest test quartile ......| 29.0| 37.1| 54.0| 49.0|   13.5|    7.9|  27.1|  27.9|  43.4|  35.2| 12.4| 11.4
                              |     |     |     |     |       |       |      |      |      |      |     |
Socioeconomic status\2\       |     |     |     |     |       |       |      |      |      |      |     |
  Low ........................| 24.6| 19.4| 43.2| 33.9|   13.0|    6.7|  15.7|  14.2|  31.0|  24.1| 30.6| 24.8
  Middle .....................| 24.3| 24.5| 52.1| 41.7|   15.9|    8.0|  19.2|  17.5|  35.8|  27.8| 24.1| 18.5
  High .......................| 29.0| 31.7| 61.7| 53.9|   15.6|    7.7|  25.3|  25.5|  43.8|  31.6| 13.4|  9.3
                              |     |     |     |     |       |       |      |      |      |      |     |
Region                        |     |     |     |     |       |       |      |      |      |      |     |
  Northwest...................| 19.6| 23.1| 54.5| 48.6|   11.5|    6.9|  24.6|  28.3|  34.5|  28.4| 10.6|  8.1
  Midwest.....................| 21.4| 25.4| 52.8| 45.8|   15.3|    8.0|  18.4|  18.2|  37.1|  32.0| 20.0| 18.4
  South.......................| 30.8| 28.2| 48.2| 38.8|   18.0|    8.5|  18.8|  15.0|  37.9|  25.6| 40.0| 27.2
  West....................... | 21.9| 21.6| 52.9| 40.6|   14.0|    6.0|  16.8|  16.5|  35.2|  25.6| 15.8| 10.0
                              |     |     |     |     |       |       |      |      |      |      |     |
High school program\3\        |     |     |     |     |       |       |      |      |      |      |     |
  General.....................| 19.6| 18.3| 49.9| 37.8|   14.0|    7.1|  16.7|  14.6|  34.5|  26.3| 22.6| 16.7
  Academic....................| 28.7| 34.2| 60.1| 50.8|   17.2|    8.8|  26.9|  24.9|  44.1|  32.8| 13.1| 12.6
  Vocational..................| 23.1| 14.7| 42.4| 30.1|   13.3|    4.9|  13.2|  11.2|  27.7|  16.2| 39.3| 41.2
______________________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_______|_______|______|______|______|______|_____|_____

\1\Composite of performance on mathematics, reading, science, and social studies tests.
\2\Socioeconomic status (SES) 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.
\3\Program as reported by student.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "High School and Beyond," Senior Cohort; and "National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988," Second Followup survey. (This table was prepared February 1996.)


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