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2006 Youth Out-of-School Time Participation: Multiple Risks and Developmental DifferencesChristopher Wimer, S. Simpkins, E. Dearing, S. Bouffard, P. Caronongan, H. Weiss
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This paper examines whether youth who are at risk, according to child-, family-, school-, and neighborhood-level factors, are less likely to participate in out-of-school time activities, and whether the predictors depend on youth's age or socioeconomic status. Findings reveal that child- and family-level risks are most consistently related to youth's OST participation. However, these relationships emerge only in early and late adolescence, when youth have more autonomy in their decisions about non-school time use. For certain types of activities, namely those that require fees and financial commitments, contextual risks are more strongly associated with OST participation for higher SES families than for lower SES families.
Wimer, C., Simpkins, S. D., Dearing, E., Bouffard, S. M., Caronongan, P., & Weiss, H. B. (2006). Youth out-of-school time participation: Multiple risks and developmental differences.
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