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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Indic Res. 2018 Aug;11(4):1249–1280. doi: 10.1007/s12187-017-9469-4

Table 8:

Leisure Time domain. Changes, additions, or subtractions in Metric listed by indicator with justification of reasons for change.

Original Indicator New Indicator Original Metric New Metric Justification
Activity Participation Number of family outings This metric is added to account for the reliance of children on the family dynamic. In many cases an adult is required to get quality leisure time.
Working Age Adults Work Adults working standard hours Deleted There is not a comparable replacement metric that assesses this concept.
Adults working long hours Longer hours of homework Longer hours of homework would be closest comparable metric to long hours of work among adults.
Kids working outside the home This is added to assess the same general concept as the longer hours of homework. A part time job will place addition time demands on children and cut down on leisure time.
Working poor This metric provides a refinement to the leisure time concept by identifying those children in families with both limited income and job time constraints.
Unemployed This metric serves as proxy for the concept of limited income and potential stress leading to lower amounts of leisure times.
Time Spent Leisure activities Time spent reading for pleasure There are limited metrics to assess children’s time spent in general leisure activities. This measure provides a decent assessment of time that may be free from other responsibilities.