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. 2022 Jan 19;19(3):1081. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19031081

Table 3.

Valued leisure activities and the frequency of participation by socio-demographic characteristics.

Type of Valued Leisure Activity Level of Engagement (Frequency)
Variable Home-Based Offline Activities Screen-Based Digital/Online Activities Physical/
Outdoor Activities
Continuous variables M (SD) 1 M (SD) 1 M (SD) 1 F-value (p-value)
Eta (η) 2
r (p-Value)
Age 47.0 (16.3) ab 43.8 (16.2) b 49.7 (15.3) a 4.78 (0.009), 0.14 0.33 (0.462)
Subjective financial condition 3.36 (1.06) 3.28 (1.16) 3.38 (1.10) 2.29 (0.102) 0.01 (0.760)
Categorical variables n (row %) n (row %) n (row %) χ2 value (p-value)
Cramer’s V2
M (SD) F-value (p-value)
Eta (η)2
Gender 17.54 (<0.001),
0.19
3.63 (0.057)
   Female 134 (52.5) 64 (25.1) 57 (22.4) 3.6 (1.5)
   Male 83 (34.6) 94 (39.2) 63 (26.3) 3.9 (1.4)
Race/ethnicity 3.02 (0.554) 0.01 (0.986)
   White 156 (42.3) 123 (33.3) 90 (24.4) 3.7 (1.5)
   Asian 16 (40.0) 10 (25.0) 14 (35.0) 3.8 (1.4)
   Black/African American 32 (45.7) 23 (32.9) 15 (21.4) 3.7 (1.4)
Education attainment 19.38 (0.004),
0.14
0.89 (0.447)
   High school or less 17 (33.3) 23 (45.1) 11 (21.6) 4.0 (1.3)
   Some college/associate 65 (39.4) 67 (40.6) 33 (20.0) 3.7 (1.5)
   College 80 (43.7) 50 (27.3) 53 (29.0) 3.7 (1.5)
   Post-graduate 55 (53.9) 21 (20.6) 26 (25.5) 3.6 (1.4)
Work status 10.56 (0.103) 2.13 (0.095)
   Work from home 96 (44.9) 63 (29.4) 55 (25.7) 3.6 (1.5)
   Work outside home: high-risk positions 19 (52.8) 8 (22.2) 9 (25.0) 3.6 (1.3)
   Work outside home: non-high-risk positions 23 (41.1) 15 (26.8) 18 (32.1) 3.6 (1.5)
   Unemployed/furloughed 68 (38.6) 72 (40.9) 36 (20.5) 3.9 (1.4)
Household income 14.10 (0.029),
0.12
0.95 (0.417)
   <$29,999 55 (45.5) 48 (39.7) 18 (14.9) 3.8 (1.4)
   $30,00 to $69,999 91 (46.2) 59 (29.9) 47 (23.9) 3.8 (1.4)
   $70,000 to $99,999 35 (38.0) 30 (32.6) 27 (29.3) 3.6 (1.6)
   $100,000 or above 34 (38.2) 24 (27.0) 31 (34.8) 3.6 (1.6)
Living area 6.54 (0.162) 0.86 (0.425)
   Rural/small town (<5000 population) 37 (35.2) 39 (37.1) 29 (27.6) 3.9 (1.3)
   Small city (5000–50,000) 70 (51.1) 40 (29.4) 27 (19.7) 3.7 (1.4)
   Medium/large city (>50,000 population) 110 (42.6) 82 (31.8) 66 (25.6) 3.7 (1.5)
Marital status 5.99 (0.200) 1.43 (0.241)
   Married 88 (39.5) 70 (31.4) 65 29.1) 3.7 (1.4)
   Never married 94 (46.5) 69 (34.2) 39 (19.3) 3.8 (1.4)
   Divorced/separated/widowed 34 (45.9) 22 (29.7) 18 (24.3) 3.5 (1.5)
Parenting 1.24 (0.538) 4.79 (0.029),
0.10
   No 137 (41.1) 100 (31.8) 70 (27.1) 3.8 (1.4)
   Yes 79 (44.6) 61 (32.6) 52 (22.8) 3.5 (1.4)

1 Means with different letter superscripts in the same row are significant at p < 0.05 based on Scheffe post-hoc tests for equal variances. 2 Effect size was calculated only if significant group differences existed (in bold).