Excerpt from The Relationship of Age and Other Factors to Enrollment and Continuation in 4-H Club Work

Mere girls entered club work at the age of 11 than at any other time (figx The highest enrollment for the boys occurred at the ages of 12, 13, and 14; the percentages were practically the same for each of the 3 years.' Each succeeding year after 11 shows a decline in enrollment of girls and each suc; ceeding year after 14 shows a corresponding decline in enrollment of boys. Abou 40 percent each of the boys and girls considered in this group eh tared club work during the 3-year period from 12 to 14. Thirty-seven percent of the girls and 32 percent of the boys entered before 12 years of age and 23 percent of the girls and 28 percent Of the boys entered after 14 years of age: The average entrance age was for the girls and for the boys. The number of boys and girls who were in club work at the time the studies were made was about equal to the number who had been in club work previous to that time.

The average entrance age for boys and girls in each age group who were in club work when the studies were made is given in table 2. The rise in average entrance age for both boys and girls is consistent with the rise in age. The irregularities which appear at the ages of 19, 20, and over 20, are probably due to the relatively small number of members considered in these groupsl Eh trance ages of members under 10 years of age ranged from.5 to 9 for the boys and from.7 to 9 for the girls. The average was 8 in both cases. Entrance ages for members over 20 ranged from.13 to 26 for the boys, and from.l7 to 20 for the girls. The average was 18 in both cases. For the total boys enrolled the average entrance age was years, and for the girls years. The detailed statement of the distribution of entrance ages for members in each age group shows that the high mark of entrance follows rather closely in each case the age of the members considered. Practically all of the club members in the older age groups entered at an older age and did not continue the membership from.a younge age. The percentage of boys and girls in this group who entered club work at th different ages is given by areas in table 3. The average entrance ages for both boys and girls range from 11 to 14 years in the various areas with the average for all areas for both boys and girls. The average entrance age of boys and girls was the lowest in the eastern section and the highest in the southern section of the United States, the averages being and respectively. The average entrance age for the western section was years and for the central section years; Only one area in the western section is included 1 this comparison, however.

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