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| Table 164. | Percentage of high school seniors who participate in various school-sponsored extracurricular activities, by selected student characteristics: 1992 and 2004 |
| Selected student characteristic | Academic clubs | Sports | Cheerleading and drill team2 | Hobby clubs (photography, chess, etc.) | Music (band, orchestra, chorus, or choir) | Vocational clubs (Future Farmers of America, SkillsUSA, etc.) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Any sport | Inter-scholastic1 | Intra-mural1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | 2004 | 1992 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 1992 | 1992 | 2004 | 1992 | 2004 | 1992 | 2004 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |||||||||||||
| All seniors | 25.0 | (0.58) | 21.3 | (0.49) | 42.7 | (0.67) | 44.4 | (0.56) | 38.8 | (0.56) | 19.2 | (0.47) | 7.6 | (0.34) | 7.7 | (0.32) | 11.7 | (0.38) | 19.8 | (0.51) | 21.0 | (0.55) | 17.6 | (0.58) | 15.6 | (0.55) |
| Sex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Male | 22.7 | (0.80) | 17.8 | (0.58) | 55.5 | (0.92) | 50.6 | (0.80) | 44.5 | (0.79) | 24.2 | (0.71) | 2.0 | (0.24) | 8.1 | (0.44) | 11.9 | (0.51) | 15.1 | (0.62) | 16.3 | (0.66) | 14.7 | (0.68) | 14.8 | (0.68) |
| Female | 27.1 | (0.76) | 24.7 | (0.73) | 30.1 | (0.80) | 38.2 | (0.76) | 33.2 | (0.74) | 14.3 | (0.57) | 13.0 | (0.60) | 7.4 | (0.44) | 11.6 | (0.48) | 24.3 | (0.75) | 25.5 | (0.73) | 20.4 | (0.75) | 16.3 | (0.69) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| White | 24.3 | (4.66) | 22.6 | (0.62) | 41.4 | (5.81) | 46.9 | (0.70) | 42.1 | (0.69) | 18.8 | (0.58) | 13.3 | (4.87) | 10.1 | (5.01) | 11.4 | (0.51) | 15.4 | (3.65) | 22.0 | (0.68) | 12.2 | (2.98) | 16.8 | (0.74) |
| Black | 21.2 | (1.64) | 16.5 | (0.90) | 41.6 | (2.29) | 45.4 | (1.21) | 37.5 | (1.15) | 24.4 | (1.05) | 10.0 | (1.73) | 6.9 | (0.94) | 9.1 | (0.75) | 24.6 | (1.57) | 24.0 | (1.21) | 23.1 | (1.82) | 17.5 | (1.17) |
| Hispanic | 26.1 | (0.72) | 18.3 | (1.15) | 44.0 | (0.79) | 35.3 | (1.25) | 29.5 | (1.25) | 16.9 | (1.02) | 7.6 | (0.35) | 7.4 | (0.37) | 11.8 | (0.87) | 20.0 | (0.62) | 14.3 | (0.97) | 17.8 | (0.71) | 11.8 | (1.04) |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 22.0 | (1.55) | 34.7 | (1.90) | 36.2 | (1.84) | 40.6 | (1.81) | 33.4 | (1.71) | 18.0 | (1.48) | 7.6 | (1.16) | 8.1 | (1.05) | 20.3 | (1.50) | 19.1 | (1.68) | 19.0 | (1.57) | 17.6 | (1.59) | 9.2 | (0.78) |
| American Indian/ Alaska Native |
31.9 | (2.31) | 19.7 | (2.88) | 43.9 | (2.25) | 45.8 | (1.42) | 40.8 | (2.29) | 20.7 | (0.34) | 5.3 | (0.97) | 11.2 | (1.51) | 6.3 | (0.37) | 18.6 | (2.01) | 15.9 | (2.10) | 10.4 | (1.53) | 22.6 | (2.23) |
| Test performance quartile3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest test quartile | 17.0 | (1.40) | 13.4 | (0.74) | 40.5 | (1.46) | 34.5 | (1.09) | 28.0 | (1.02) | 20.4 | (1.00) | 7.6 | (0.70) | 7.9 | (0.64) | 8.4 | (0.63) | 18.7 | (1.06) | 17.7 | (0.90) | 25.0 | (1.38) | 17.8 | (0.94) |
| Second test quartile | 20.6 | (1.10) | 16.1 | (0.86) | 37.5 | (1.22) | 42.4 | (1.06) | 36.1 | (1.04) | 21.3 | (0.85) | 7.0 | (0.86) | 7.0 | (0.66) | 9.7 | (0.63) | 17.2 | (0.88) | 17.7 | (0.86) | 23.2 | (1.19) | 17.9 | (0.92) |
| Third test quartile | 24.1 | (1.02) | 20.9 | (0.86) | 44.0 | (1.14) | 46.5 | (1.05) | 41.3 | (1.04) | 19.2 | (0.76) | 8.3 | (0.62) | 7.1 | (0.58) | 11.2 | (0.65) | 19.7 | (0.94) | 20.6 | (0.90) | 16.6 | (0.81) | 15.5 | (0.82) |
| Highest test quartile | 36.1 | (1.10) | 31.8 | (0.91) | 48.3 | (1.17) | 52.7 | (0.98) | 48.0 | (0.96) | 17.1 | (0.82) | 7.8 | (0.54) | 8.7 | (0.59) | 16.7 | (0.78) | 24.1 | (0.94) | 26.3 | (0.92) | 11.9 | (0.78) | 12.5 | (0.75) |
| Socioeconomic status4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Low | 18.3 | (0.94) | 16.4 | (0.89) | 32.3 | (1.23) | 33.1 | (1.05) | 26.4 | (1.01) | 16.5 | (0.79) | 6.7 | (0.96) | 6.6 | (0.62) | 8.0 | (0.61) | 17.6 | (0.96) | 16.6 | (0.75) | 24.4 | (1.25) | 17.3 | (0.94) |
| Middle | 24.1 | (0.78) | 19.6 | (0.65) | 41.3 | (0.84) | 43.7 | (0.77) | 38.5 | (0.75) | 19.6 | (0.62) | 8.0 | (0.43) | 7.0 | (0.41) | 11.2 | (0.48) | 19.6 | (0.71) | 20.7 | (0.68) | 19.6 | (0.79) | 16.8 | (0.71) |
| High | 30.9 | (1.12) | 28.3 | (0.89) | 52.2 | (1.21) | 54.6 | (0.95) | 49.3 | (0.99) | 20.7 | (0.86) | 7.8 | (0.53) | 9.3 | (0.59) | 15.7 | (0.77) | 22.0 | (0.96) | 24.9 | (0.98) | 9.9 | (0.59) | 12.1 | (0.70) |
| Region | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeast | 23.3 | (1.06) | 21.1 | (0.93) | 48.0 | (1.41) | 47.6 | (1.27) | 41.8 | (1.42) | 21.7 | (1.19) | 6.9 | (0.67) | 9.2 | (0.79) | 14.0 | (0.99) | 20.8 | (1.07) | 20.4 | (1.19) | 8.4 | (0.91) | 9.9 | (1.03) |
| Midwest | 25.2 | (1.17) | 20.1 | (1.00) | 45.6 | (1.29) | 48.3 | (1.13) | 41.9 | (1.06) | 20.9 | (1.02) | 8.3 | (0.61) | 6.5 | (0.54) | 9.8 | (0.78) | 23.8 | (1.07) | 25.6 | (1.22) | 18.0 | (1.30) | 16.3 | (1.40) |
| South | 28.4 | (1.14) | 23.5 | (0.83) | 38.6 | (1.17) | 42.1 | (0.93) | 36.7 | (0.90) | 17.6 | (0.74) | 8.4 | (0.70) | 6.8 | (0.60) | 10.5 | (0.55) | 17.8 | (0.82) | 20.1 | (0.86) | 27.4 | (1.14) | 21.4 | (0.94) |
| West | 21.3 | (1.08) | 19.5 | (1.17) | 40.7 | (1.41) | 40.9 | (1.22) | 36.2 | (1.19) | 17.7 | (0.97) | 6.3 | (0.62) | 9.4 | (0.72) | 13.9 | (0.92) | 17.6 | (1.12) | 17.6 | (1.19) | 10.2 | (0.84) | 10.8 | (0.94) |
| Senior's school sector | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Public | 24.9 | (0.61) | 20.5 | (0.52) | 41.4 | (0.69) | 42.9 | (0.60) | 37.5 | (0.59) | 18.5 | (0.49) | 7.7 | (0.36) | 7.4 | (0.33) | 11.1 | (0.41) | 19.8 | (0.53) | 20.6 | (0.58) | 19.0 | (0.62) | 16.6 | (0.60) |
| Catholic | 27.7 | (2.50) | 29.5 | (1.61) | 54.5 | (2.98) | 60.8 | (1.64) | 53.1 | (1.46) | 28.1 | (1.96) | 7.8 | (1.39) | 10.4 | (1.60) | 18.8 | (1.22) | 14.2 | (1.96) | 19.2 | (1.53) | 2.7 | (0.61) | 4.2 | (0.66) |
| Other private | 21.6 | (2.80) | 29.3 | (2.40) | 58.3 | (3.06) | 60.5 | (2.72) | 51.7 | (2.98) | 25.8 | (2.82) | 5.7 | (1.49) | 11.4 | (2.32) | 18.1 | (1.76) | 29.9 | (2.67) | 31.6 | (3.51) | 2.2 | (0.76) | 4.0 | (0.81) |
| 1 Interscholastic refers to competition between teams from different schools. Intramural refers to competition between teams or students within the same school. Data on these categories are available only for 2004. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 These data were not collected in 2004. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 Composite test performance quartile on mathematics, reading, science, and social studies in 1990 (for 1992 seniors) and composite test performance quartile on mathematics, reading, and science in 2002 (for 2004 seniors). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 Socioeconomic status (SES) was measured by a composite score on parental education and occupations, and family income. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Standard errors appear in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88/92), "Second Follow-up, 1992"; and Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002/04), "First Follow-up, 2004." (This table was prepared December 2009.) |
