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Leisure Activity and Personal Habits

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The General Social Survey, 1972–1986

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A majority of all age groups expresses satisfaction with hobbies, with little change over the term of the survey except among the oldest group, which shows a decline of 15 percent. At younger ages men express more satisfaction with hobbies than women, but in most older age segments women report more satisfaction than men.

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Russell, C.H., Megaard, I. (1988). Leisure Activity and Personal Habits. In: The General Social Survey, 1972–1986. Recent Research in Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3890-4_10

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