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The Study of Leisure Attitude, Leisure Participation,and Other
Relative Factors among Adults at Different Age Levels in Chia-Yi
Area Abstract The purpose of this study
was to investigate leisure attitude , leisure participation ,and
other relative factors among adult at different age levels in
Chia-Yi area. The subjects were drawn from persons who were 20
years and above. The total valid questionnaries were 644. Based
on the results of statistic analysis, the following major
conclusions were drawn: 1.The leisure activities adults
participating usually included both active and inactive.2.Adults
in Chia-Yi area tended to know more sport kinds of leisure
activities than others.3.The percent of joining Parent-Child
kinds of leisure activities was low.4.Most people participated
leisure activities alone,but for middle-aged and older adults,
spouses were their good partinars.5.The leisure activities
adults participated mostly do not need high skills.6.The reason
why adults participating leisure activities were passive .7.The
major barrier for adults participating leisure activities was
lack of time.8.People in early adulthood were found having more
participating barriers, the stage was also appropriate in
developing new leisure habits.9.People in late adulthood
preferred to participate the sport kinds of leisure activities
.10.The leisure facilities and programs for older adult were not
enough.11.Adults from the lower social economic family, the
fewer to participate in leisure activities .12.In average,
adults' attitude in leisure was high and the affective variables
were age, education background and income.13.Generally speaking,
the attitude score was high, the situations of participating
leisure activities however were poor.
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