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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Educ Gerontol. 2014 Jun 27;41(3):182–192. doi: 10.1080/03601277.2014.937217

Table 1.

Past hobbies and favorite activities of study participants (N=37)

Outdoor/physical activities Playing sports (e.g., swimming, golf, baseball, basketball, horseback riding)
Fishing/ camping/ hiking
Traveling/ driving
Yard work/ gardening
Dancing/ walking
Shopping
Arts and crafts Sewing/ knitting/ crocheting/ clothes design/ crafts (e.g., making necklaces and headbands)
Painting/ drawing
Photography
Collecting things (e.g., postcards, articles, stamps, pens, old magazines)
Making scrapbooks
Watching, listening, and reading Games Watching movie, star, bird, university athletics games, or TV
Listening to Music/ playing piano
Reading/ writing (e.g., prose and poetry)
Playing board games, cards, chess or bridge
Solving arithmetic problems
Service Volunteering (e.g., helping children, serving at church for youth group) Teaching
Socialization Hang out with friends
Making friends from other countries via mails
Cooking Baking/ making candies/ cooking for entertaining guests
Other No hobbies
Politics