The main purpose of this report is to provide guidelines for a study on educating for leisure. The authors proceed on the theory that to understand fully the leisure time activities of individuals it is necessary to take into consideration their whole life of home circumstances, work, and schooling and examine this in relation to their recreational pursuits. The study is confined to the adolescent and young adult years. It examines the attitudes and activities of men and women, persons of different class and economic status, those who left school at an early age and those who continued their schooling through the secondary level. The influence of school, home, peers, and work situations upon choice of leisure activity is determined through the use of questionnaires and interviews. While a broad general study of the teen-age population was made, the major concentration was upon those in lower income groups. To conduct an indepth analysis of this group, a four-year study was made of selected individuals. Beginning with these boys and girls at the age of 14, the researchers followed their development to the age of 18. These case studies clearly reveal attitudes formed by their society and point up the fact that little or no help was given to them in the matter of satisfying use of leisure hours. The recommendation of this report is that further research into this problem is called for, and that based upon this research the establishment of youth resource centers to provide guidance on work, leisure, and continuing education would serve the needs of the young community. (JD)