LEISURE INTERESTS OF GERMAN WORKERS: GENDER DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES

1995 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 429-430
Author(s):  
BRUCE D. KIRKCALDY ◽  
JAMES A. ATHANASOU
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Leisure Interests ◽  
Gender Differences And Similarities

Leisure Interests of German Workers: Gender Differences and Similarities

1995 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 429-430
Author(s):  
Bruce D. Kirkcaldy ◽  
James A. Athanasou
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Table Tennis ◽  
Endurance Running ◽  
Social Nature ◽  
Traditional Sports ◽  
Leisure Interests ◽  
Gender Differences And Similarities

Amongst the more popular leisure choices of 60 adult German workers were swimming, bicycling, and cinema, activities of a social nature. Both sexes were least interested in high-contact, combative sports such as boxing and wrestling. Men tended to express more interest in the traditional sports (tennis, handball, table-tennis, and football), weapons (shooting and archery), and athletics (sprinting, jogging, and endurance running).

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