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Table 1
Percentage who participated in organized extracurricular activity, by age group, type of activity and selected characteristics, household population aged 6 to 17, Canada, 2000/2001

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	Any extracurricular activity	Sports	Non-sport actvities	Clubs or community groups
	Any extracurricular activity	Type of activity
Total	85.5	76.4	35.7	35.0
Age
6 to 9^†	80.9	70.7	24.8	29.1
10 to 13	90.9^*	83.5^*	46.9^*	38.8^*
14 to 17	85.8^*	76.2^*	38.0^*	38.6^*
Gender
Age 6 to 9
Male^†	82.4	73.9	20.4	25.6
Female	79.3	67.5^*	29.3^*	32.7^*
Age 10 to 13
Male^†	89.1	81.5	39.5	31.7
Female	92.7^*	85.4	54.3^*	45.8^*
Age 14 to 17
Male^†	84.9	77.8	27.8	30.1
Female	86.7	74.6	48.2^*	46.9^*
Family structure
Age 6 to 9
One parent	71.9^*	58.3^*	20.5	25.4
Two parents^†	82.9	73.6	25.8	30.0
Age 10 to 13
One parent	89.6	82.3	48.5	34.7
Two parents^†	91.2	83.7	46.7	39.7
Age 14 to 17
One parent	79.9^*	69.2^*	32.1	33.1
Two parents^†	87.4	78.2	39.5	40.0
Family income
Age 6 to 9
Below LICO^†	64.4	48.7	17.8	22.0
One to less than two times LICO	78.5^*	66.1^*	22.2	27.5
Two to less than three times LICO	88.2^*	82.3^*	25.7^*	30.5
Three or more times LICO	93.6^*	87.9^*	36.4^*	36.9^*
Age 10 to 13
Below LICO^†	82.8^E	71.8	38.0	38.5
One to less than two times LICO	90.5^*	82.4^*	46.5	39.8
Two to less than three times LICO	91.6^*	84.4^*	46.1	39.0
Three or more times LICO	96.5^*	92.1^*	54.8^*	37.7
Age 14 to 17
Below LICO^†	82.9	72.5	32.1	40.3
One to less than two times LICO	80.8	71.1	32.6	37.5
Two to less than three times LICO	89.6	78.6	39.6	37.9
Three or more times LICO	89.1	81.7	44.6^*	39.9
Area of residence
Age 6 to 9
Urban	81.4^*	71.5^*	25.7^*	29.0
Rural^†	77.0	65.4	18.5	29.9
Age 10 to 13
Urban	90.7	83.5	46.8	38.4
Rural^†	91.8	83.0	47.7	40.9
Age 14 to 17
Urban	86.4	77.2^*	38.1	39.1
Rural^†	82.3	70.1	37.4	35.2
Region
Age 6 to 9
East	80.1	62.9	22.8	48.0^*
Quebec	73.0^*	65.0	17.9^*	x
Ontario	83.3	72.9	27.2	32.9
West^†	83.8	74.1	27.2	35.3
Age 10 to 13
East	93.8	84.0	52.6	51.1
Quebec	88.4^*	81.2	36.1^*	23.2^E^*
Ontario	89.8	83.4	48.6	41.3
West^†	93.9	85.6	53.2	46.7
Age 14 to 17
East	83.5^*	73.4^*	39.9	43.3
Quebec	78.4^*	72.2^*	30.2^*	26.6^*
Ontario	86.4^*	75.6	35.6^*	37.6^*
West^†	90.9	80.7	46.4	47.1
† reference category
* significantly different from estimate for reference category (p < 0.05)
Source: National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, 2000/2001.