A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

Indicator 39. After School Activities

Percent of sophomores who say they engage in various activities at least once or twice a week: 1980 and 1990

_________________________________________________________________________                          |Just driving or| Visiting with | Talking with |    Student and school    | riding around |  friends at a |friends on the|      characteristics     |               |local hangout  |  telephone   |                          |_______________|_______ _______|_______ ______|                          | 1980  | 1990  | 1980  | 1990  | 1980  | 1990 | _________________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|______| All sophomores............  47.1    56.1    67.2    66.3    76.6   80.1     Male ...................  51.0    57.9    69.4    69.5    66.5   72.5     Female .................  43.3    54.3    65.2    63.1    86.2   87.7    Race/ethnicity   White ..................  49.0    58.9    68.7    68.7    78.4   81.7     Black ..................  38.0    50.1    64.8    59.1    73.3   79.6     Hispanic ...............  46.6    47.6    60.2    59.3    68.6   72.4     Asian ..................  31.5    44.0    55.3    57.1    67.7   78.3     American Indian.........  51.6    53.3    62.2    70.4    59.4   65.1    Test performance quartile   Lowest .................  48.9    59.6    65.0    66.1    72.3   74.8     Second .................  51.1    62.0    69.1    69.0    77.3   80.9     Third ..................  47.9    57.8    69.7    68.5    78.9   83.9     Highest ................  39.7    45.8    64.8    61.1    78.2   80.4    Socioeconomic status*   Low ....................  43.1    55.1    61.2    62.6    68.6   72.2     Middle  ................  49.5    58.3    68.7    68.0    78.2   81.9     High  ..................  47.2    52.0    70.8    66.2    83.0   83.5    Control of school   Public..................  47.7    57.1    66.9    65.9    76.1   79.9     Catholic................  40.3    51.6    71.4    75.8    81.7   86.8     Other private...........  43.9    39.6    65.3    58.7    79.2   77.6   _________________________________________________________________________  
 ________________________________________________________________                          | Reading for  |Hours of television on    Student and school    |  pleasure    |   on school nights      characteristics     |              |_______________________                          |_______ ______| 5 or more |More than 5                          | 1980  | 1990 |hours, 1980|hours, 1990 _________________________|_______|______|___________|___________ All sophomores...........  41.1   41.0        27.3         9.1   Male ..................  34.3   33.8        29.1        10.2   Female ................  47.9   48.2        24.9         8.0  Race/ethnicity   White .................  40.4   41.5        25.1         6.7   Black .................  46.6   41.2        39.8        23.0   Hispanic ..............  36.3   38.2        27.3        10.2   Asian .................  50.4   40.2        23.5         6.9   American Indian........  41.8   39.5        26.5        15.8  Test performance quartile   Lowest ................  30.7   27.7        35.3        17.9   Second ................  34.3   36.3        31.7        11.8   Third .................  40.3   42.4        25.6         5.9   Highest ...............  57.8   55.8        18.1         3.2  Socioeconomic status*   Low ...................  37.0   37.4        34.4        13.5   Middle  ...............  40.7   40.4        27.4         9.5   High  .................  46.7   46.1        19.1         3.4  Control of school   Public.................  40.9   40.9        28.1         9.6   Catholic...............  41.4   41.0        21.2         5.8   Other private..........  43.8   45.6        18.7         1.8 _______________________________________________________________

*Socioeconomic status was measured by a composite score on parental education and occupations, and family income. The "low" SES group is the lowest quartile; the "middle" SES group is the middle two quartiles; and the "high" SES group is the upper quartile.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School and Beyond Base Year Survey, "1980 Sophomore Cohort;" and National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, "First Followup" survey.