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| | | Race/ethnicity | Socioeconomic |Control of school attended
Activity | Total | Sex |--------------------------------------| status\1\ |--------------------------
| |-------------| | | | |American|--------------------| | | Other
| | Male |Female|White |Black |Hispanic|Asian | Indian | Low |Middle| High |Public |Catholic| private
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| Percent of 12th graders, 1982
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At least once a week | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Talking with friends.......| 92.7 | 92.5 | 93.0 | 94.2 | 89.1 | 88.9 | 86.7 | 91.3 | 88.6 | 93.7 | 95.6 | 92.3 | 96.4 | 97.2
Reading for pleasure.......| 50.4 | 43.4 | 57.1 | 51.0 | 53.9 | 43.1 | 56.4 | 50.3 | 45.2 | 50.1 | 56.8 | 50.1 | 51.4 | 56.2
Going on dates.............| 61.3 | 60.6 | 62.0 | 63.9 | 51.9 | 58.1 | 40.3 | 54.5 | 55.8 | 63.4 | 62.8 | 61.4 | 60.7 | 60.7
Driving or riding around...| 62.4 | 65.9 | 59.1 | 65.2 | 48.9 | 60.7 | 42.4 | 62.3 | 56.2 | 65.0 | 65.1 | 62.6 | 64.6 | 55.0
Thinking or daydreaming....| 68.5 | 61.8 | 74.8 | 71.1 | 64.6 | 58.0 | 62.4 | 53.9 | 63.3 | 67.5 | 75.9 | 67.7 | 75.2 | 76.5
Talking with parents.......| 83.9 | 79.9 | 87.6 | 85.6 | 80.1 | 78.0 | 79.8 | 76.0 | 78.5 | 84.7 | 87.8 | 83.4 | 87.7 | 87.9
Reading front page of | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
newspaper................| 69.1 | 70.8 | 67.5 | 69.7 | 71.9 | 63.3 | 73.5 | 61.8 | 61.5 | 69.1 | 77.0 | 68.5 | 75.7 | 72.0
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Five or more hours on | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
weekdays | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Watches television.........| 11.5 | 11.9 | 11.2 | 9.4 | 22.2 | 13.8 | 8.1 | 20.9 | 16.5 | 11.5 | 6.4 | 12.1 | 8.0 | 3.9
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| Percent of 12th graders, 1992
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At least once a week | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Use personal computer......| 23.7 | 28.1 | 19.3 | 23.9 | 23.6 | 20.9 | 27.0 | 23.8 | 18.9 | 23.3 | 27.7 | 23.4 | 25.2 | 28.0
Work on hobbies............| 40.9 | 44.4 | 37.4 | 42.0 | 34.8 | 39.9 | 37.8 | 49.8 | 36.3 | 41.1 | 43.5 | 40.6 | 43.4 | 43.2
Attend religious activities| 31.0 | 28.1 | 33.8 | 31.4 | 33.7 | 26.9 | 30.4 | 14.6 | 22.2 | 29.4 | 39.9 | 29.4 | 38.8 | 54.9
Attend youth groups........| 22.4 | 24.6 | 20.1 | 22.5 | 23.3 | 18.5 | 26.4 | 22.1 | 16.6 | 21.3 | 28.1 | 21.8 | 22.9 | 33.3
Perform community service..| 11.3 | 10.7 | 11.9 | 11.1 | 12.1 | 10.9 | 14.0 | 9.2 | 7.7 | 9.5 | 16.7 | 9.7 | 22.3 | 31.2
Driving or riding around...| 73.3 | 74.3 | 72.3 | 75.7 | 67.8 | 66.2 | 66.7 | 71.0 | 69.6 | 75.3 | 72.4 | 73.4 | 77.8 | 63.0
Do things with friends.....| 88.1 | 88.2 | 88.0 | 90.7 | 79.8 | 82.4 | 85.9 | 77.2 | 80.8 | 88.1 | 93.2 | 87.5 | 94.5 | 91.9
Do things with parent......| 66.7 | 61.2 | 72.1 | 68.2 | 62.0 | 63.8 | 63.4 | 61.2 | 59.6 | 66.3 | 71.7 | 66.0 | 73.6 | 72.8
Talk with other adult......| 47.7 | 45.4 | 49.9 | 48.8 | 44.3 | 46.2 | 43.0 | 44.0 | 47.6 | 49.0 | 45.0 | 47.3 | 46.4 | 58.8
Take music, art, or dance | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
class....................| 10.1 | 7.9 | 12.2 | 9.9 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 14.0 | 10.6 | 7.1 | 8.8 | 14.0 | 9.7 | 13.4 | 12.4
Take sports lessons........| 7.3 | 9.7 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 9.4 | 11.6 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 9.5 | 7.1 | 11.1 | 7.8
Play ball or other sport...| 26.3 | 38.8 | 14.0 | 27.1 | 22.9 | 23.6 | 28.7 | 29.4 | 20.7 | 24.5 | 33.1 | 25.6 | 34.0 | 31.4
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More than an hour a day | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Reading for pleasure.......| 55.4 | 53.1 | 57.7 | 56.3 | 51.0 | 53.5 | 54.4 | 59.3 | 51.6 | 55.0 | 58.6 | 55.0 | 56.0 | 62.9
Plays video games..........| 13.0 | 19.2 | 6.8 | 11.7 | 19.9 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 21.1 | 16.9 | 13.7 | 9.4 | 13.3 | 10.4 | 8.9
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Five or more hours on | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
weekdays | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Watches television.........| 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 6.4 | 21.3 | 9.3 | 6.4 | 12.7 | 12.0 | 9.4 | 4.1 | 8.7 | 7.9 | 4.1
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