What are Kids Getting into These Days? Demographic Differences in Youth Out-of-School Time Participation
What Are Kids Getting Into These Days? Demographic Differences in Youth Out-of-School Time Participation - at the Out-of-School Time website - at Harvard Family Research Project
Building on our previous work, we are using national data to examine the many factors and contexts in children's lives that predict participation.
This research brief distills findings from the first phase of the study, which examines demographic differences in youth's OST participation rates.
It first provides information on current demographic differences in OST participation rates, and then looks at whether there is any evidence that such differences have changed in recent years.
This held for before and after school programs, other OST programs, and other OST activities.
In each section, we organize our results by demographic characteristic---that is, whether participation varied according to family income, and whether participation varied according to race.
First, we describe participation using the broadest indicator available---that is, whether youth participated in any club, program, or structured activity in the nonschool hours (from NSAF).
With the exception of participation in tutoring programs, virtually all types of OST participation reveal a general pattern of higher participation among youth with higher family incomes.
Across most types of programs and activities in both data sets, Latino youth are consistently underrepresented, and White youth are consistently overrepresented, with Black youth somewhere in between.
Moving forward, it is imperative that all stakeholders take seriously the growing evidence base that some youth---particularly those from disadvantaged families---are less likely to participate in OST programs and activities than their peers.
School extracurricular activity participation as a moderator in the development of antisocial patterns.
Community group or program Caregiver interview Was (CHILD) a member of any groups or programs in the community in the last 12 months?
