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This finding looks at the relationship between youths’ involvement in structured activities and their well being and socialization.

Students who frequently participated in structured out-of-school and in religious activities were more likely than their peers to join school clubs and groups, prepare for class, and feel more optimistic about their future. Students who frequently participated in structured after-school activities also had, on average, higher math and science achievement than students who participated less in structured after-school activities.

Sample or Data Description
Data came from the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988, and the sample consisted of 25,000 randomly selected students from 1,000 schools who were in the eighth grade in 1988, along with their teachers, parents, and principals. This study used information gathered during the first two two-year follow-up surveys, when the students from the original sample were in grades 10 and 12.

Source
"How Students Invest Their Time Out of School"
Jordan, Will J.
Nettles, Saundra Murray
Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed at Risk Vol. Jan., Number 29. January, 1999. Page(s) N/A/.

FindingID: 7668