Table 6. Percentage of 2002 high school sophomores performing unpaid volunteer or community service at any time during 2004 to 2006 and the percentage distribution among those students, by frequency of service and selected student, family, and high school characteristics: 2006

Education Longitudinal
Study of 2002 (ELS:2002)

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		Frequency
Characteristic	Percent performing unpaid or community service	At least once a week	At least once a month, but not weekly	Less than once a month
Total	41.1	25.9	35.6	38.5

Sex
Female	44.8	25.2	37.5	37.3
Male	38.0	25.6	33.7	40.7

Race/ethnicity¹
White, non-Hispanic	44.3	22.5	34.8	42.7
Black, non-Hispanic	40.1	30.0	42.1	27.8
Hispanic	31.0	32.8	36.0	31.2
Asian, non-Hispanic	47.7	30.6	31.3	38.1
All other races, non-Hispanic	39.4	26.9	35.9	37.2

Family income in 2001		29.4	40.6	30.0
$0-20,000	29.8	28.6	34.5	36.9
$20,001-50,000	36.4	23.7	35.5	40.8
$50,001-100,000	45.4	23.6	35.1	41.3
$100,001 or more	55.5

Parental education²
High school or less	30.4	27.8	35.7	36.5
Some college	38.4	25.2	35.8	39.0
Bachelor's degree	49.1	25.1	35.0	39.9
Graduate/professional degree	56.3	23.7	36.8	39.6

Native language³
English	42.6	24.3	35.9	39.8
Non-English	34.5	32.8	35.1	32.1

High school sector
Public	39.8	26.2	35.4	38.4
Catholic	51.4	21.1	37.6	41.4
Other Private	59.5	27.4	36.9	35.7

¹ Black, non-Hispanic includes African American. Hispanic includes Latino. All other races, non-Hispanic includes American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and Two or more races..
² Parent's or guardian's education is the highest level of education attained by either the student’s mother, father, or guardian; if data is available for only one parent or guardian, the educational attainment of that parent or guardian is used.
³ The first language the student learned to speak.
NOTE: Totals are weighted by F2QWT and other estimates are weighted by F2BYWT. The flag variable G10COHRT was used to produce data that are based on 2002 high school sophomores interviewed in both 2002 and 2006. Totals may not fall within the range of categorical values due to differential item nonresponse. Details may not sum to 100 percent due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS: 2002) Second Follow-up, 2006."

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