There is conflicting evidence and considerable confusion in the literature concerning the relationship between recreation and generic housing form. The goal of this study is to review this mixed literature, to identify some of the weaknesses in past studies, and then to reexamine the relationship between recreation and housing, using original data. The data were derived from a household survey carried out in 1984 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The initial results of two-way contingency tables, difference of means tests, and analysis of variance show that there are differences in recreation by generic housing form. However, when control variables describing household characteristics are introduced, the initial differences disappear. The conclusion reached is that household characteristics confound the relationship between recreation and housing. Differences in recreation are due to variation in household characteristics, not to generic housing form. The policy implications of these results are explored.
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