Social and material determinants of leisure
Social and material determinants of leisure

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the study is to discover the principal leisure activities of various groups defined by gender, education, age and family life cycle stage, how these groups evaluate their leisure time, what are the obstacles which prevent them from spending leisure time as they would like and if they would like to be engaged in any new activity/activities? The data has been obtained using the "Quality of life in Slovenia 1994" questionnaire on a representative sample of the adult population. The sample of 1717 persons aged from 18 to 75 years has been analysed with a variety of statistical methods, including the following: percentages, chi square, Cramer's V and multiple regression analysis. The way of spending leisure time tend to be highly correlated with socio-economic status and the same applies to obstacles to leisure activities and the aspiration for new activities. The higher the socioeconomic status of the respondent the more heterogeneous the pattern of activities appears and the more frequent the aspiration for new activities. Socio-economic determination of leisure activities is higher for women than for men. Leisure determinants are gender differentiated.

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