A Study on Types of Leisure Index Based on National Leisure Activities Survey 2019 in Korea

Jongsoon Kim, Saesook Oh and Boonhong Yeon
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Jongsoon Kim: Division of Sports Science, Leisure Welfare Culture Institute, Kyonggi University, Suwon-si 16200, Korea
Saesook Oh: Division of Sports Science, Major in Sport & Leisure Industry, Kyonggi University, Suwon-si 16200, Korea
Boonhong Yeon: Department of Sports Studies, Soongsil University, Seoul 01024, Korea

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 7, 1-13

Abstract: This study investigated differences in main purposes of leisure activities, leisure constraints, and the quality of life among segmented clusters based on leisure condition index, leisure resource index, and leisure attitude index utilizing Korean Better Leisure Index (K-BLI). Characteristics of each cluster were aggregated for profiling using data from the ⎡National Leisure Activity Survey 2019⎦ in Korea. Results of this study provide room for debate and response regarding leisure experience and sustainability of recreation service in local community based on characteristics of each cluster. This study semanticized adults living in Gyeonggi-do having the highest population density in Korea by conducting K-means clustering. This study segmented subjects into three clusters. Characteristics of each cluster were determined and t -test was conducted to determine associations among the main purpose of leisure activities, leisure constraints, and quality of life. As a result, adults living in Gyeonggi-do were divided into “dissatisfaction with leisure resource”, “dissatisfaction with the quality of life”, and “sensitive to the leisure constraints” clusters. Their desire for improvement for quality of life and leisure activity were definitely clear. This means that results of this study through segmentation based on leisure index are meaningful as baseline data to suggest an actual policy plan.

Keywords: leisure index; quality of life; Gyeonggi-do (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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