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The aim of this study was to collect new empirical data on women's access to free time and their leisure experiences. To discover how such access is differentiated by women's economic and social situation and by cultural norms.

Main Topics:

Variables Access to free time; amount of free time, participation in leisure activities - home based and outside the home, including holidays. Paid employment and domestic work. Attitudes toward leisure and free time. Leisure spending. Demographic data: social class, age, stage in the family life cycle, income, housing tenure, terminal education age.

Simple random sample

Simple random sample of electors within randomly selected polling districts

Face-to-face interview