Table 3 shows that 80 percent of the camps were accredited by the American Camping Association. Other types of associations, as indicated in Table 3, played relatively minor roles. In terms of areas, Figure 3 indicates that only a third of all camps in the South/East had accreditation, while more than half of all camps in other areas claimed that they were accredited. Less than 60 percent of camps in the Laws group were accredited, while 82 percent of camps in the Comparison group were accredited. TABLE 3.-Distribution of accrediting associations among accredited camps Association: Percent 80 5 8 Camp sponsorship.—Camps are sponsored by a number of organizations and groups. For analytical purposes, however, these sponsoring organizations were grouped into six principal categories: 1. Scouts Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Camp Fire Girls. 2. Religious-all religious groups plus YM-WCA, YM-WHA and the Salvation Army. 3. Agriculture/homemaking—4H, FFA/FHA, and agricultural and farming organizations. 4. Handicapped/medical-agencies serving such groups as diabetics and retarded children. 5. Miscellaneous/other-agencies serving the disadvantaged such as Jewish organizations, Kiwanis and others. 6. Private camps. Figure 3. Percentage of accredited camps in each of the sample areas. Figure 4 shows the median size for camps with each type of sponsorship. Although the Scouting/CFG group had the camps with the largest capacity in this figure, the camps sponsored by agriculture and homemaking groups had the largest camps in the sample with 7 of 9 such camps having bed capacities of over 200. |