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Description
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Statistics
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Number of school-age children (5-18) in U.S.
(2000 data)
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57 million
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%
of families with one or two working parents (1998
data)
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66%
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%
of employed parents feeling that they do not spend
enough time with their children (1998 data)
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70%
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%
of time children spend in schools (6 out of 24
hours)
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25%
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Average amount of time children spend on TV,
computers, and video games (1998 data)
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4.8 hours/day
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Juvenile crime rate between 3:00 – 6:00
p.m. (1997 data)
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3
times the average
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%
of kindergartners through third-graders receiving
non-parental care before and/or after school (1999
data)
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39% or about 6.1 million children
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%
of children in care of a relative (1999 data)
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17%
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%
of children in center-based programs (1999
data)
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14%
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%
of children in non-relative care (1999 data)
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10%
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%
of children attending at least two after-school
programs (1991 data)
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More than 75%
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%
of public schools offering before- and/or
after-school care (1993-94 data)
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30%
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%
of private schools offering before- and/or
after-school care (1993-94 data)
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50%
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%
of registered voters who say that it is difficult
for parents to find after-school programs in their
communities (1999 data)
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85%
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%
of demand for out-of-school time programs not being
met in some urban areas by GAO estimates for
2002
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75%
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How much less likely are students who spend one
to four hours per week in extracurricular activities
to use drugs than those who do not engage in
extracurricular activities? (1966 data)
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49% less likely
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How much less likely are students who spend one
to four hours per week in extracurricular activities
to become teen parents than those who do not engage
in extracurricular activities? (1966 data)
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37% less likely
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%
of Americans who believe there should be organized
after-school activities for children and teens (1999
poll)
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92%
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%
of Americans ready either to pay more taxes or to
forego a tax cut to provide children with quality
after-school programs (1999 poll)
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75%
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Funding for Federal Department of
Education’s 21 street Century Community
Learning Center grants in 1995-1999
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$450 million
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