Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of most important variables
| Variable | N | Mean | SD | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leisure: voluntary associations | 17,704 | 0.49 | 0.78 | 0 | 13 |
| Leisure: informal groups | 17,704 | 0.44 | 1.01 | 0 | 16 |
| Leisure: individual activities | 17,704 | 5.03 | 2.60 | 0 | 19 |
| Proportion associational | 17,546 | 0.09 | 0.15 | 0 | 1 |
| Proportion informal | 17,546 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 0 | 1 |
| Proportion individual | 17,546 | 0.85 | 0.20 | 0 | 1 |
| Year (of measurement; 1975 = 0) | 17,704 | 3.05 | 1.78 | 0 | 6 |
| Women | 17,704 | 0.57 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 |
| Employed | 17,676 | 0.47 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 |
| Education | 17,583 | 3.26 | 1.44 | 1 | 6 |
| Cohorts | 17,704 | 2.91 | 1.16 | 1 | 5 |
| Age | 17,704 | 39.24 | 17.00 | 12 | 100 |
| Church attendance | 17,704 | 2.26 | 2.89 | 0 | 8 |
| Combining tasks | 17,704 | 0.28 | 0.45 | 0 | 1 |
| Time problems | 7,137 | 2.68 | 0.99 | 1 | 5 |
| Values: relaxing & hobbies important | 1,394 | 4.76 | 0.62 | 1 | 5 |
| Values: social contacts important | 1,455 | 4.55 | 0.64 | 1 | 5 |
| Values: self-development important | 1,461 | 4.07 | 0.85 | 1 | 5 |