Social patterns of young adults: an exploratory survey of patterns of group affiliations and use of leisure time activities of young adults in a middle class area of Montreal.
Institution: | McGill University |
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Department: | School of Social Work. |
Degree: | Master of Social Work. |
Year: | 1965 |
Keywords: | Social Work. |
Record ID: | 1570424 |
Full text PDF: | http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile118061.pdf |
In recent years group work agencies and adult education bodies have become increasingly concerned about their inability to attract young adults between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five into their programs. Donald Bogue reports, in a study of the population of the United States, that while the numbers of young adults in the general population have decreased by five percent (5%), the numbers attending community centers have decreased by more than fifty percent (50%). [...]