Table 2.

Principal components analysis of leisure activity items.

	Age 75 (N = 736)	Age 80 (N = 489)	Age 85 (N = 215)
Theatre, movies, concerts, art exhibitions	0.58	0.61	0.64
Travel in foreign countries	0.57	0.56	0.50
Travel in home country	0.53	0.61	0.56
Active participation in sports	0.50	0.43	0.36
Adult education with academic subjects	0.50	0.61	0.56
Activities of clubs or associations	0.46	0.48	0.52
Participation in family occasions	0.45	0.52	0.40
Use of library	0.44	0.48	0.43
Participation in church activities	0.43	0.40	0.61
Taking walks	0.42	0.43	0.45
Reading	0.41	0.48	0.49
Gardening	0.37	0.29	0.17
Adult education about manual subjects	0.30	0.16	0.27
Playing cards	0.26	0.32	0.29
Repairs in home and car	0.24	0.14	0.00
Needlework	0.21	0.34	0.36
Bingo	0.13	0.21	0.25

The item “outdoor hobbies” was excluded due to a low measure of sampling adequacy (MSA) in the age 85 PCA. Item loadings on the first unrotated component are shown at each age; loadings over 0.30 are highlighted in bold. The 11 items which loaded over 0.30 at all three ages were summed to define leisure activity scores for ages 75, 80, and 85.