(23KB)| Table 388. | Percentage of 1988 8th-graders who volunteered in various capacities in a 12-month period ending in 2000, by selected student characteristics: 2000 |
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| Percent participating in voluntary or
| community service activity
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Young adult | Volunteered| Volunteered| Participated
characteristic | in a| in a civic| in a
| youth| or community| political
| organization| organization| campaign
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______________________________|______________|_____________|______________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4
______________________________|______________|_____________|______________
Total .....................| 19.0 (0.67)| 21.5 (0.99)| 3.9 (0.43)
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Sex | | |
Male .......................| 17.4 (0.95)| 20.2 (1.68)| 3.8 (0.45)
Female .....................| 20.7 (0.93)| 22.9 (1.09)| 4.0 (0.71)
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Race/ethnicity | | |
White, non-Hispanic ........| 18.8 (0.70)| 21.2 (0.73)| 3.7 (0.38)
Black, non-Hispanic ........| 19.5 (2.72)| 25.9 (6.09)| 2.4 (0.90)
Hispanic ...................| 20.4 (2.48)| 19.0 (3.02)| 6.7 (2.68)
Asian/Pacific Islander .....| 19.4 (2.73)| 19.7 (2.62)| 3.5 (1.09)
American Indian/ | | |
Alaska Native ............| 20.5 (5.89)| 18.1 (7.85)| 2.9 (1.43)
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8th-grade socioeconomic | | |
status | | |
Lowest quartile ............| 14.5 (1.19)| 12.7 (1.04)| 2.4 (0.42)
Middle two quartiles .......| 18.8 (1.00)| 22.4 (1.76)| 4.0 (0.79)
Highest quartile ...........| 23.6 (1.29)| 27.8 (1.21)| 5.0 (0.52)
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Mathematics achievement in | | |
8th grade | | |
Low ........................| 16.1 (1.58)| 21.0 (3.66)| 2.4 (0.42)
Middle two quartiles .......| 18.8 (0.89)| 18.5 (0.84)| 3.5 (0.44)
High .......................| 23.3 (1.26)| 28.0 (1.24)| 4.2 (0.55)
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Method of HS completion | | |
by 2000 | | |
High school diploma ........| 20.6 (0.75)| 23.7 (1.11)| 4.1 (0.49)
GED certificate ............| 14.9 (2.27)| 12.3 (1.76)| 4.1 (1.39)
Certificate of attendance ..| --- (†) | --- (†) | --- (†)
No diploma or equivalent ...| 7.9 (1.47)| 9.5 (1.80)| 1.8 (0.88)
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Postsecondary attainment | | |
by 2000 | | |
None .......................| 12.4 (1.29)| 12.0 (1.26)| 2.3 (0.62)
Less than bachelor's | | |
degree ................. | 18.7 (1.07)| 21.3 (1.87)| 4.1 (0.77)
Bachelor's degree ..........| 24.6 (1.11)| 29.3 (1.16)| 5.1 (0.68)
Master's or higher degree ..| 27.2 (3.48)| 32.2 (3.69)| 3.5 (1.02)
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---Not available. NOTE: Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Coming of age in the 1990's: The eighth-grade class of 1988 12 years later, The National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS88/2000), "Fourth Follow-up, 2000." (This table was prepared April 2005.)
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