Abstract
A 55-item inventory of preferences for leisure activities mentioned in the literature was administered to 235 conference participants and responses factor analyzed. Six factors accounted for 47.2% of the total variance. Four items were discarded. A repeated-measures analysis of variance indicated no significant differences in preferences for Passive, Physically Active, Social, and Learning-related activities, but these four factors were preferred to mental activities, which in turn were preferred over creative activities. Main effects for general (undifferentiated) activities of age, income, sex, race, occupation, and education were non-significant, but significant interactions between these main effects and the six activities factors indicated that the inventory may provide insight into preferences related to these effects.
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