A Study of Differences in Leisure Satisfaction of Leisure Activity Patterns for South Korean Adults

Byoung-Wook Ahn and Won-Ick Song
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Byoung-Wook Ahn: Department of Leisure Marine Sports, School of Marine-Sports, Seosan Campus, Hanseo University, Seosan-si 31962, Korea
Won-Ick Song: Department of Sport Leisure Industry, Faculty of Art, Dangjin Campus, Sehan University, Dangjin-si 31746, Korea

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 20, 1-10

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to analyse differences in leisure satisfaction among leisure activity participants according to the type of activity including differences by gender. The study subjects were 448 adult men and women who were participating in leisure activities in Seoul, Gyeonggi, Chungcheong, and Gangwon-do, Korea. Frequency analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and latent mean analysis were applied to the data collected from the participants. First, the form, measurement, and intercept uniformity were verified to check that the study scale could be used equally with men and women. Second, it showed that leisure satisfaction was higher in sports activity of leisure activity patterns than hobbies, watching, socializing, tourism and games. It is concluded that infrastructure for sports should expand and that policy support is needed to increase leisure satisfaction in other leisure activities.

Keywords: leisure satisfaction; leisure activity pattern; latent mean analysis; effect size (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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