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What Are Kids Getting into These Days? Demographic Differences in Youth Out-of School Time Participation

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Title: What Are Kids Getting into These Days? Demographic Differences in Youth Out-of School Time Participation
Language: English
Authors: Wimer, Christopher, Bouffard, Suzanne M., Caronongan, Pia, Dearing, Eric, Simpkins, Sandra, Little, Priscilla M.D, Weiss, Heather, Harvard Family Research Project, Cambridge, MA.
Source: Harvard Family Research Project, Harvard University. 2006.
Availability: Harvard Family Research Project, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 3 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. Tel: 617-495-9108; Fax: 617-495-8594; e-mail: hfrp@gse.harvard.edu.
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 3
Publication Date: 2006
Sponsoring Agency: William T. Grant Foundation, New York, NY.
Document Type: Reports - Descriptive
Descriptors: After School Programs, Student Characteristics, Student Participation, Predictor Variables, Socioeconomic Influences, Racial Differences, Hispanic American Students, African American Students, White Students, Tutoring, Summer Programs
Abstract: With support from the William T. Grant Foundation, Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) is conducting a research study on the factors associated with whether children and youth participate in out-of-school time (OST) programs and activities. 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. The brief concludes with implications for practitioners, policymakers, and researchers. (Contains 4 endnotes.)
Abstractor: Author
Number of References: 4
Entry Date: 2006
Access URL: https://www.hfrp.org
Accession Number: ED491181
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:With support from the William T. Grant Foundation, Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) is conducting a research study on the factors associated with whether children and youth participate in out-of-school time (OST) programs and activities. 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. The brief concludes with implications for practitioners, policymakers, and researchers. (Contains 4 endnotes.)