A Study of Junior High School Boys' Physical Fitness Scores as Related to the Families' Socioeconomic Status, Size, and Types of Occupation

Author

John Lee Stockdill

Publication Date

6-2-1964

Abstract

The physical fitness of the youth of the United States has been widely deplored in recent years. Kraus and Hirschland conducted a study which involved a comparison of the physical fitness of European children with the physical fitness of American children. Their study showed that 57.9% of the Americans tested failed the test as compared to only 8.7% of the Europeans. This discovery was one of the factors which prompted the creation of the President’s Council on Youth Fitness on September 6, 1956.

Document Type

Thesis

Language

English

Degree Name

Physical Education

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences

First Committee Member (Chair)

Lloyd Robert Burley

Second Committee Member

Devoy Alonzo Ryan

Third Committee Member

Mercedes Gugisberg

Recommended Citation

Stockdill, John Lee. "A Study of Junior High School Boys' Physical Fitness Scores as Related to the Families' Socioeconomic Status, Size, and Types of Occupation." (1964). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/educ_hess_etds/178