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Table 137. | Percentage of high school sophomores who say they engage in various activities, by selected student and school characteristics: 1990 and 2002 |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Sex | Race/ethnicity | Socioeconomic status\1\ | Control of school attended | |_____________________|________________________________________________________|________________________________|________________________________ | | | | White,| Black,| | Asian/|American In-| | | | | | | | | | non-| non-| | Pacific| dian/Alaska| | | | | | Other Activity | Total| Male| Female| Hispanic| Hispanic| Hispanic| Islander| Native| Low| Middle| High| Public| Catholic| private ______________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________ 1 | 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| 13| 14| 15 ______________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________ 1990 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | At least once a week | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Use personal computer\2\ ...|15.5(0.46)|20.4(0.75)|10.6(0.48)|16.5(0.55)|13.4(1.00)|10.6(0.93)|18.4(2.08)| 15.1 (3.69)| 7.8(0.56)|14.5(0.57)|24.6(1.02)|14.7(0.41)|22.4(2.47)|26.1(4.11) Work on hobbies ............|40.4(0.61)|46.4(0.84)|34.4(0.80)|42.6(0.70)|35.4(1.92)|33.8(1.87)|35.1(2.32)| 40.9 (5.35)|36.5(1.18)|40.4(0.83)|43.4(1.19)|40.3(0.64)|39.6(2.46)|39.5(3.81) Perform community service ..| 7.3(0.32)| 5.9(0.37)| 8.6(0.53)| 6.8(0.36)|10.7(1.26)| 6.0(0.65)| 6.9(1.91)| 7.7 (2.26)| 6.7(0.74)| 6.6(0.35)| 8.4(0.56)| 7.1(0.33)| 9.6(1.67)| 8.6(1.63) Driving or riding around ...|56.3(0.64)|58.4(0.90)|54.2(0.85)|59.1(0.70)|50.2(2.27)|48.6(1.64)|43.4(2.72)| 58.2 (4.90)|55.5(1.17)|58.6(0.88)|51.9(1.29)|57.4(0.66)|51.5(2.79)|38.5(3.71) Visiting with friends at a | | | | | | | | | | | | | | local hangout ...........|66.0(0.62)|69.5(0.80)|62.4(0.87)|68.3(0.69)|60.0(2.04)|60.0(2.06)|56.4(2.25)| 68.2 (3.40)|62.2(1.34)|68.3(0.83)|64.7(1.12)|66.1(0.66)|75.6(2.06)|51.8(3.84) Talk on phone with friends .|80.1(0.55)|72.5(0.84)|87.6(0.61)|81.6(0.60)|79.8(1.91)|72.6(1.46)|78.3(1.79)| 63.8 (9.03)|73.2(1.14)|81.5(0.71)|83.8(1.04)|79.8(0.57)|86.4(2.14)|79.8(2.90) Take music, art, or dance | | | | | | | | | | | | | | class ...................|20.1(0.46)|15.3(0.59)|24.8(0.71)|20.9(0.52)|17.3(1.49)|15.5(1.03)|25.3(1.81)| 18.9 (3.28)|14.2(0.73)|19.9(0.67)|25.8(0.98)|19.7 0.47 |22.5(1.94)|24.8(3.77) Take sports lessons ........|13.0(0.38)|15.6(0.53)|10.3(0.53)|13.2(0.46)|11.2(1.03)|12.7(1.07)|17.1(1.72)| 8.9 (2.02)|10.1(0.69)|12.1(0.46)|16.9(0.92)|12.8(0.40)|14.4(1.46)|12.6(1.46) Play ball or other sports ..|47.0(0.63)|63.1(0.80)|30.8(0.80)|45.9(0.69)|51.7(2.10)|47.1(1.64)|48.6(2.62)| 56.2 (5.36)|45.2(1.26)|46.6(0.86)|48.9(1.15)|46.6(0.65)|49.1(2.85)|50.2(3.50) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Reading 3 or more hours per | | | | | | | | | | | | | | week (not for school) .....|30.5(0.53)|26.3(0.74)|34.6(0.78)|31.4(0.63)|26.1(1.69)|30.0(1.59)|28.7(2.12)| 27.4 (5.05)|27.6(1.07)|30.6(0.82)|32.2(1.01)|30.4(0.57)|27.0(2.30)|34.9(3.89) Watches television more than 5| | | | | | | | | | | | | | hours per day on weekdays .| 9.3(0.42)|10.2(0.67)| 8.4(0.50)| 7.0(0.35)|22.4(2.06)|10.0(1.17)| 6.5(0.98)| 15.7 (4.10)|14.7(0.92)| 9.7(0.65)| 4.1(0.53)|10.0(0.47)| 5.8(1.08)| 1.8(0.74) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2002 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | At least once a week | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Use personal computer | | | | | | | | | | | | | | at home .................|73.1(0.61)|73.2(0.76)|73.0(0.73)|81.0(0.55)|56.8(1.34)|56.4(1.47)|83.2(1.27)| 60.3 (0.56)|53.7(1.06)|75.0(0.68)|88.3(0.70)|72.0(0.65)|90.5(1.08)|80.5(2.68) Work on hobbies ............|43.0(0.53)|44.1(0.70)|41.8(0.72)|42.9(0.70)|41.6(1.11)|41.8(1.18)|41.9(1.43)| 49.4 (1.82)|40.6(0.93)|43.6(0.70)|44.0(0.99)|43.0(0.56)|43.5(1.35)|39.9(1.96) Perform community service ..|10.9(0.37)| 8.9(0.43)|13.0(0.53)|10.0(0.45)|12.6(0.93)|11.4(0.77)|14.2(1.29)| 9.4 (1.79)| 9.5(0.61)|10.1(0.44)|13.9(0.72)|10.5(0.39)|18.2(1.12)|12.0(1.71) Driving or riding around ...|58.3(0.58)|59.5(0.76)|57.1(0.84)|62.4(0.74)|59.1(1.45)|46.5(1.30)|39.3(1.58)| 75.6 (1.01)|56.6(1.03)|60.5(0.72)|55.7(1.12)|58.6(0.62)|55.2(1.64)|53.5(2.59) Visiting with friends at a | | | | | | | | | | | | | | local hangout ...........|79.4(0.47)|80.3(0.65)|78.6(0.65)|83.7(0.52)|73.8(1.08)|71.1(1.09)|69.2(1.57)| 78.6 (2.72)|74.3(0.92)|80.5(0.63)|82.2(0.79)|79.3(0.50)|84.4(1.20)|75.7(1.64) Talk on phone with friends .|74.1(0.47)|64.9(0.68)|83.3(0.56)|75.0(0.57)|80.0(0.94)|67.9(1.13)|65.2(1.41)| 64.4 (3.47)|69.7(0.87)|75.9(0.66)|74.7(0.81)|73.8(0.50)|79.8(1.36)|74.0(2.03) Take music, art, or | | | | | | | | | | | | | | language class ..........|20.1(0.46)|13.9(0.59)|26.4(0.67)|20.4(0.58)|20.9(0.96)|16.4(0.96)|25.3(1.49)| 17.8 (0.52)|15.3(0.74)|19.2(0.58)|26.7(0.86)|19.6(0.48)|26.2(1.37)|28.6(1.69) Take sports lessons ........|23.4(0.50)|25.2(0.68)|21.6(0.63)|24.6(0.62)|24.0(1.04)|20.5(1.08)|18.5(1.43)| 17.9 (0.51)|17.1(0.86)|23.1(0.60)|30.0(0.89)|22.6(0.53)|34.8(1.42)|29.4(1.52) Play non-school sports .....|36.5(0.52)|46.1(0.74)|27.0(0.68)|37.2(0.65)|35.8(1.18)|35.2(1.22)|34.8(1.61)| 38.7 (0.71)|32.2(0.86)|36.5(0.75)|40.7(0.99)|36.4(0.55)|43.1(1.48)|32.1(2.21) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Reading 3 or more hours per | | | | | | | | | | | | | | week (not for school) .....|32.2(0.53)|28.9(0.65)|35.5(0.73)|31.1(0.64)|33.8(1.33)|33.5(1.09)|31.1(1.58)| 35.0 (2.10)|31.2(0.92)|31.5(0.70)|34.3(0.94)|32.3(0.56)|28.4(1.34)|34.3(1.93) Plays video/computer games | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 or more hours per day | | | | | | | | | | | | | | on weekdays ...............|15.4(0.39)|24.9(0.63)| 6.0(0.40)|14.0(0.42)|20.0(0.95)|17.2(0.92)|12.4(1.30)| 16.6 (2.09)|18.8(0.69)|16.2(0.55)|10.7(0.57)|15.9(0.42)|11.4(0.92)| 9.2(1.24) Watches television 6 or more | | | | | | | | | | | | | | hours per day on weekdays .|19.7(0.44)|22.1(0.64)|17.4(0.61)|15.8(0.48)|31.7(1.09)|24.4(1.30)|16.2(1.27)| 24.2 (0.58)|25.0(0.91)|20.3(0.60)|13.4(0.67)|20.3(0.47)|14.0(0.83)|10.6(1.23) ______________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________ |
\1\Socioeconomic status (SES) 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. \2\Question does not specify where computer is used. NOTE: Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88/90), "First Follow-up Student Survey, 1990;" and Education Longitudinal Study of 2002, Base Year (ELS:02). (This table was prepared November 2005.)
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