Leisure Participation as Mediator in Happiness
Date Issued
2011
Date
2011
Author(s)
Chu, Ping-Hua
Abstract
This study tested for mediating effects of leisure participation on the association between demographic variables and happiness among 18-65 year-old people in Taiwan. Data were drawn from the 2007 Taiwan Social Change Survey (TSCS, n=2,147), which included a topical module on Leisure Time and Sports created by the International Social Survey Programme. Multinomial logistic regression analysis revealed demographic variables to be directly predictive of leisure participation. The effect of leisure participation on happiness is assured by ordinal logistic regression analysis, and not only people who highly involved in leisure participation are happier, but also people who mainly engaged in social leisure activities. However, only the effect of employment on happiness weakens when leisure participation was taken into account. The effect of family on happiness remains significantly. Results are discussed in light of contemporary notions of demographic variables, leisure participation, and happiness among people in Taiwan.
Subjects
happiness
leisure participation
mediator
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