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Youth Voting The percentage of youth ages 18 to 24 who reported voting and registering to vote was higher in the 2004 presidential election year than in 1996 or 2000 (42 percent reported voting in 2004, compared with 32 percent in both 1996 and 2000)... > View Indicator Religious Services Attendance Eighth, tenth, and twelfth grade students who plan to complete four years of college were more likely than others to attend religious services at least once per week in 2006... > View Indicator Religiosity Black students in tenth and twelfth grades are almost twice as likely as white students to report that religion plays a very important role in their lives. For example, in 2006, 53 percent of black twelfth graders reported that religion played a very important role in their lives, compared with 25 percent of their white peers... > View Indicator Volunteering Students who plan to complete four years of college are significantly more likely to participate in volunteer activities at least once a month than are their peers who do not plan to complete college, a discrepancy that increases with age... > View Indicator Participation in School Athletics Since 1991, the gender gap in school sports participation has declined among eighth, tenth and twelfth grade students. For example, for twelfth graders, the gender gap shrank from 18 percentage points in 1991 to nine percentage points in 2006... > View Indicator Participation in School Music or Other Performing Arts Youth whose parents are more educated are more likely to participate in school arts activities... > View Indicator After-School Activities Between 2001 and 2005, the percentage of students participating in clubs, community service, and sports increased. In 2005, sports had the highest participation rate for after-school activities, with 31 percent of kindergarten through eighth grade students participating...> View Indicator
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