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Table 388. | Percentage of 1988 8th-graders who volunteered in various capacities in a 12-month period ending in 2000, by selected young adult characteristics: 2000 |
Young adult characteristic | Percent participating in voluntary or community service activity | |||||
Volunteered in a youth organization |
Volunteered in a civic or community organization | Participated in a political campaign |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
Total | 19.0 | (0.67) | 21.5 | (0.99) | 3.9 | (0.43) |
Sex | ||||||
Male | 17.4 | (0.95) | 20.2 | (1.68) | 3.8 | (0.45) |
Female | 20.7 | (0.93) | 22.9 | (1.09) | 4.0 | (0.71) |
Race/ethnicity | ||||||
White | 18.8 | (0.70) | 21.2 | (0.73) | 3.7 | (0.38) |
Black | 19.5 | (2.72) | 25.9 | (6.09) | 2.4 | (0.90) |
Hispanic | 20.4 | (2.48) | 19.0 | (3.02) | 6.7 | (2.68) |
Asian/Pacific Islander | 19.4 | (2.73) | 19.7 | (2.62) | 3.5 | (1.09) |
American Indian/Alaska Native | 20.5 | (5.89) | 18.1 | (7.85) | 2.9 | (1.43) |
8th-grade socioeconomic status | ||||||
Lowest quartile | 14.5 | (1.19) | 12.7 | (1.04) | 2.4 | (0.42) |
Middle two quartiles | 18.8 | (1.00) | 22.4 | (1.76) | 4.0 | (0.79) |
Highest quartile | 23.6 | (1.29) | 27.8 | (1.21) | 5.0 | (0.52) |
Mathematics achievement in 8th grade | ||||||
Low | 16.1 | (1.58) | 21.0 | (3.66) | 2.4 | (0.42) |
Middle two quartiles | 18.8 | (0.89) | 18.5 | (0.84) | 3.5 | (0.44) |
High | 23.3 | (1.26) | 28.0 | (1.24) | 4.2 | (0.55) |
Method of high school completion by 2000 | ||||||
High school diploma | 20.6 | (0.75) | 23.7 | (1.11) | 4.1 | (0.49) |
GED certificate | 14.9 | (2.27) | 12.3 | (1.76) | 4.1 | (1.39) |
No diploma or equivalent | 7.9 | (1.47) | 9.5 | (1.80) | 1.8 | (0.88) |
Postsecondary attainment by 2000 | ||||||
None | 12.4 | (1.29) | 12.0 | (1.26) | 2.3 | (0.62) |
Less than bachelor's degree | 18.7 | (1.07) | 21.3 | (1.87) | 4.1 | (0.77) |
Bachelor's degree | 24.6 | (1.11) | 29.3 | (1.16) | 5.1 | (0.68) |
Master's or higher degree | 27.2 | (3.48) | 32.2 | (3.69) | 3.5 | (1.02) |
NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic origin. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Coming of Age in the 1990s: The Eighth-Grade Class of 1988 12 Years Later, National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88/2000), "Fourth Follow- up, 2000." (This table was prepared April 2005.) |