cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/24428192

Stolen from Reddit.

The big drop in the 1970’s was supposedly due to a change in the program to de-emphasize outdoor activities. The step down in 2019 was the LDS church cutting ties and starting their own program.

If you consider this as a proportion of the population it’s an even bigger drop. In 1970 there were about 4.8M scouts in a population of 205M, so about 2.3% of all Americans were in Boy Scouts. Now it’s 1M scouts in a population of 341M, so only 0.3% of Americans are in Boy Scouts.

  • prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    Your explanation makes a lot of sense actually, because of how they start out.

    Good call, I’ve reversed my downvote