Participation in High School extracurricular activities : Investigating School effects

Abstract

This research conceptualizes the high school context as one which provides an opportunity structure for students. Within this theoretical framework, I examine how the school affects student participation in high school extracurricular activities. This research uses the High School and Beyond database and analyzes school structural and contextual effects on student participation in extracurricular activities in general and athletics in specific, using hierarchical linear modeling procedures. Findings indicate that a complex set of structural factors (size and pupil/teacher ratio) and contextual characteristics (general school climate, mean socioeconomic status of the student body, and percentage of students from single-parent households) impinge upon student participation. Furthermore, there are subtle differences between school attributes that affect involvement in general and those affecting participation in athletics. School structure and context are significant determinants of student participation in extracurricular activities, effectively altering student access to sources of human, cultural, and social capital.

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