The Impact of Marital Status and Gender on Leisure Values of Older Adults |
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| Authors: | Karen Gsellmeier Lynda J. Cochran Jason Dauenhauer |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Social Work Resource Coordinator, Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency, Rochester, New Yorkkgsellmeier@hotmail.com;3. Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, The College at Brockport, SUNY, Brockport, New York;4. Department of Social Work, The College at Brockport, SUNY, Brockport, New York |
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| Abstract: | The ability to provide leisure programming in senior living environments is critical to older adults’ quality of life and successful aging. In this cross-sectional study, using social behavior theory as a foundation, 128 older adults who reside in a senior living environment completed a survey to identify leisure values with a focus on marital status and gender. An independent t-test found that older men and women of all marital statuses value leisure for physiological and aesthetic reasons. In addition, older women and widows value leisure for social reasons more than men and other marital statuses. Implications for designing leisure programs are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | aging gender leisure leisure values marital status older adults |
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