The meaning of leisure is examined in terms of the extent to which leisure activity serves as a source of self-identity. The data are responses to a mail survey of 236 males and 121 females under 65 yr. When age, education, and occupation were predictor variables (rs −.28 to −.06; Rs .23 to .31), only about 10% of the variance in meanings was accounted for. rs were −.54 and −.41 for men and women between rated job satisfaction and meaning of leisure.
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