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Continuing and ceasing leisure activities in later life — a longitudinal study
Author(s)	Laurel A Strain, Carmen C Grabusic, Mark S Searle
Journal title	The Gerontologist, vol 42, no 2, April 2002
Pages	pp 217-223
Keywords	Recreation ; Participation ; Longitudinal surveys ; Canada.
Annotation	Data were from a longitudinal study conducted in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. 380 respondents were interviewed in person in both 1985 and 1993. Changes in ten specific activities and the overall number of activities continued were examined. The theatre, cinema, and spectator sports, along with travel were the activities least likely to be continued over the 8-year period; watching television and reading were most likely to be continued. Characteristics significantly related to changes in activities were age, gender, education, and self-rated health in 1985, as well as changes in marital status, self-rated health, and functional ability between 1985 and 1993, although no consistent pattern emerged. Leisure education is discussed as a means of introducing modifications to enhance older people's participation in desired activities. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-020806210 A
Classmark	H: TMB: 3J: 7S
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