Table E-40-2.  Percentage of recent high school graduates attending 2- or 4-year postsecondary institutions who reported participation in various social activities sometimes or often during their first year, by activity, sex, and race/ethnicity: 2003-04

Sex and race/ethnicity	Recent high school graduates1
	Attended fine arts activities		Participated in school clubs		Participated in sports
Total2	40.7		35.4		28.5
Sex
Male	37.5		33.4		35.0
Female	43.3		37.1		23.1
Race/ethnicity
White	42.8		36.3		32.5
Black	38.8		31.3		20.8
Hispanic	31.9		28.3		16.5
Asian	40.9		45.6		23.5
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	30.6	!	29.5	!	24.7	!
American Indian/Alaska Native	36.5		40.3		24.8	!
Two or more races	43.4		39.5		25.8
Race/ethnicity by sex
Male
White	39.1		33.8		38.3
Black	38.0		28.9		29.6
Hispanic	31.8		28.2		23.0
Asian	35.1		42.6		29.7
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	‡		‡		‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	‡		‡		‡
Two or more races	33.3		37.8		38.1
Female
White	45.8		38.5		27.6
Black	39.3		33.0		14.1
Hispanic	32.1		28.4		11.4
Asian	46.5		48.5		17.5
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	‡		‡		‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	37.4		38.5		‡
Two or more races	50.1		40.6		17.8

! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 30 percent or greater.

‡ Reporting standards not met. There are either too few cases or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.

1 Recent high school graduatesrefers to students who graduated from high school in 2003 or 2004.

2 Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately in the table.

NOTE: Data in this indicator are for students who enrolled at 2- or 4-year institutions any time between July 1, 2003, and June 30, 2004. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Data weighted by WTA000.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2003-04 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study, First Follow-up (BPS:04/06).