High School Music Ensemble Students in the United States: A Demographic Profile

Autor/inn/en	Elpus, Kenneth; Abril, Carlos R.
Titel	High School Music Ensemble Students in the United States: A Demographic Profile
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Music Education, 59 (2011) 2, S.128-145 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4294
DOI	10.1177/0022429411405207
Schlagwörter	Evidence; Music Education; Musicians; Profiles; Demography; Followup Studies; Predictor Variables; High School Students; Student Characteristics; Student Participation; Socioeconomic Status; Ethnicity; Racial Differences; High School Seniors; Racial Composition; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Evidenz; Musikerziehung; Musiker; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Demografie; Follow-up studies; Kontaktstudium; Prädiktor; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Ethnizität; Rassenunterschied; USA
Abstract	The purpose of this study is to construct a national demographic profile of high school band, choir, and orchestra students in the United States using evidence from the 2004 follow-up wave of the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002. Results indicate that 21% of seniors in the United States' class of 2004 participated in school music ensembles. Significant associations were found between music ensemble participation and variables including gender, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status (SES), native language, parents' education, standardized test scores, and GPA. Certain groups of students, including those who are male, English language learners, Hispanic, children of parents holding a high school diploma or less, and in the lowest SES quartile, were significantly underrepresented in music programs across the United States. In contrast, white students were significantly overrepresented among music students, as were students from higher SES backgrounds, native English speakers, students in the highest standardized test score quartiles, children of parents holding advanced postsecondary degrees, and students with GPAs ranging from 3.01 to 4.0. Findings indicate that music students are not a representative subset of the population of U.S. high school students. (Contains 4 notes and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10