Making Every Day Count - Teens

Appendices 55Table D.2Comparison of Time Spent on Homework, Watching Television and Caring for Siblings for Those WhoAttended the Club in the Last Four Months of the Study Versus Those Who Did NotTime Spent in Competing ActivitiesAttended Club in Four MonthsPrior to Survey(n = 217)Did Not Attend Club in Four MonthsPrior to Survey(n = 105)Time Spent on HomeworkNone 3.7% 6.7%Less than 1 hour per day 8.8% 11.5%1 hour per day 29.6% 36.5%2 hours per day 36.1% 26.0%3 hours per day 16.7% 10.6%4+ hours per day 5.1% 8.7%Time Watching TelevisionNone 5.6% 16.5%Less than 1 hour per day 10.2% 9.7%1 hour per day 25.0% 13.6%2 hours per day 30.1% 23.3%3 hours per day 17.6% 18.4%4+ hours per day 11.6% 18.4%Time Caring for SiblingsNone 31.5% 24.8%1–2 times/month 6.0% 7.6%1–2 times/week 11.1% 19.0%3–4 times/week 13.4% 21.9%5 +/week 38.0% 26.7%Worked at a Job for PayYes 28.7% 39.4%Source: Spring 2008 follow-up survey.Participation in Types of Activities In and Outof the ClubsThe study was also designed to understand what types ofactivities teens are involved in while they are at the Clubsand whether those differ from their activities outside of theClub. To learn about the specific activities they do in programs,youth who attended the Boys & Girls Club in the fourmonths prior to the final survey were asked whether or notthey did each of 15 types of activities at the Club. All youth(whether or not they had attended the Club in the previousfour months) were also asked whether they did those sameactivities outside of the Club during that same time period.These activities were grouped into five categories: informalactivities, athletic programs, academic programs, other programs,and paid and volunteer work.Table D.3 presents the proportion of youth who had beento the Club in the past four months who did each of theseactivities—whether inside the Club, outside the Club, orboth. For comparison, it also presents the proportion ofyouth who had not been to the Club in the past four monthswho did each of these activities outside of the Club. Asdescribed in Chapter III of the report, a greater proportionof youth who had been to the Club in the past four monthstended to have done each of the activities—whether insideor outside of the Club. The two exceptions were: working ata job for pay and participation in a class in math, science oranother academic subject.