Research Article
Genetic and Environmental Influences on the Allocation of Adolescent Leisure Time Activities
Table 1
Descriptive statistics for 17 leisure time activity items.
| Leisure time items |
0 hours (%) |
8+ hours (%) | Males | Females | | Mean (S.D.) | Mean (S.D.) |
| Taking part in an organized sport or recreation program? | 29 | 17 | 3.69 (3.12) | 3.23 (3.05) | 1.00 | Working out as part of a personal exercise program | 39 | 5 | 2.25 (2.50) | 1.87 (2.22) | 0.99 | Playing pickup games like basketball, touch football, and so forth? | 44 | 4 | 2.38 (2.45) | 1.44 (2.15) | 0.97 | Practicing different physical activities? | 39 | 6 | 2.33 (2.56) | 1.96 (2.42) | 0.99 | Going out with friends or dating? | 25 | 13 | 3.23 (2.87) | 3.37 (2.85) | 0.89 | Sitting around with friends? | 12 | 19 | 4.36 (2.83) | 4.03 (2.81) | 0.95 | Talking on the telephone? | 33 | 6 | 1.69 (2.09) | 2.58 (2.56) | 0.96 | Doing your schoolwork? | 12 | 16 | 3.85 (2.71) | 4.43 (2.77) | 0.98 | Reading for fun? | 48 | 3 | 1.18 (1.82) | 1.79 (2.26) | 0.98 | Doing things with a club? | 70 | 3 | 0.89 (1.85) | 1.01 (1.94) | 0.99 | Spending time on a hobby? | 38 | 5 | 2.25 (2.52) | 1.90 (2.27) | 1.00 | Doing things with your family? | 15 | 7 | 3.21 (2.31) | 3.25 (2.39) | 0.99 | Taking care of younger family members? | 76 | 2 | 0.62 (1.48) | 0.92 (1.95) | 1.00 | Doing household chores? | 27 | 2 | 1.92 (1.80) | 2.01 (1.86) | 1.00 | Total hours watching television weekday plus weekend | 3 | 30 | 6.74 (4.65) | 6.17 (4.53) | 0.99 | Just sitting around doing nothing? | 50 | 2 | 1.44 (1.93) | 1.23 (1.88) | 0.99 | Just sitting and listening to music? | 32 | 5 | 2.07 (2.26) | 2.27 (2.40) | 0.98 |
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Note: S.D.: standard deviation; : correlation between the raw data and residual data.
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