Contents

• Acknowledgements
  • Technical Note
  
  
• Introduction
  • What is Scouting?
  • The Problem: Membership Decline
  
  
• Method
  • Sample
  
  
• Findings
  • Troop Membership
    • Effect of Badge Earning on Retention
    • Retention to Venturers
    • Troop Size
  • Troop Programs
    • Outdoor Activities
    • Scout Autonomy
    • Planning
  • Scouters
    • Scouter Years of Experience
  • The Scout Uniform
  
  
• Discussion
  • Small Scout Troops
  • The Scout Uniform
  • Scout Culture
  • Organisational Issues
  
  
• Suggestions for Future Research
• Conclusion
• Summary of Recommendations
• Descriptive Statistics
  • Troop Rates of Retention
  • Recruitment Sources & Current Status of Scouts
  • Badge Level Distribution
  • Troop Size
  • Camps per Troop
  • Total Events per Troop
  
  
• References
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