Participation in After-School Programs and Activities

Parents of sampled students in kindergarten through eighth grade² were asked about their children's participation in after-school care arrangements, programs, and activities. After-school arrangements included care received from a relative, care received from a nonrelative in either the student's home or another home, school- or center-based programs, participation in after-school activities with adult supervision (other than those in a school- or center-based program), and self-care.

• In 2005, 40 percent of students in kindergarten through eighth grade were in at least one weekly nonparental after-school care arrangement (table 1).
• Students in kindergarten through eighth grade who were in at least one weekly nonparental after-school care arrangement were more likely to be in a school- or center-based program (20 percent) than any other type of arrangement (6-15 percent) (table 1).
• Students in kindergarten through eighth grade whose mothers worked 35 or more hours per week were more likely to have at least one weekly nonparental after-school care arrangement (57 percent) than their peers whose mothers worked less than 35 hours per week (32 percent), were looking for work (32 percent), or were not in the labor force (20 percent) (table 1).

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² Students included in this report are those in kindergarten through eighth grade, not older than 15 years, and not homeschooled. The total ASPA sample also included 269 homeschooled children.