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Adolescent Leisure Activities: Social Class, Sex and Ethnic Differences
Author(s) -
Poole Millicent E.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1986.tb00813.x
Subject(s) - ethnic group , socioeconomic status , social class , project commissioning , psychology , leisure activity , sociology of leisure , class (philosophy) , publishing , gerontology , developmental psychology , sociology , social psychology , demography , social science , medicine , political science , population , artificial intelligence , anthropology , computer science , law
It has been suggested that leisure is increasingly important to quality of life, and that patterns of awareness of and participation in leisure activities are established in adolescence. A study of 520 fifteen‐year‐olds mapped their awareness of leisure opportunities in school and community, explored patterns in the forms of leisure they see as possible for themselves, and examined differences in awareness associated with sex, social class and ethnicity. In all dimensions significant variations were associated with gender; in most cases these tended to diminish, however, with decreasing socioeconomic status. Variations on the basis of ethnicity were limited mainly to home activities.