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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: New Dir Youth Dev. 2012 Summer;2012(134):23–8. doi: 10.1002/yd.20012

Table 1.

Percentage of High School Seniors Engaging in Various Activities Everyday by Paid Work Intensity

Not Employed Moderate Workers (1–20 hrs per week) Intensive Workers (21 or more hrs per week)
Play a musical instrument 35% 35% 31%
Arts and Crafts 14% 14% 14%
Read for leisure 28% 24% 22%
Creative writing 10% 7% 7%
Play Sports 43% 46% 38%
Watch TV 68% 64% 58%

Source: Authors' calculations from the 2010 Monitoring the Future Study.

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