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| Table 227.30. | Percentage of high school seniors who participate in various school-sponsored extracurricular activities, by selected student characteristics: 1992 and 2004 |
| [Standard errors appear in parentheses] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Any sport | Inter- scholastic1 |
Intra- mural1 |
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| 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) | ||
| !Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 and reading 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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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.) |
