Danish Leisure Study, 1993

The purpose of this survey is to obtain information for statistical and scientific assessment of spare time activities and cultural activities and to relate these activities to work, education and family. # The data material is obtained by means of interviews with selected persons aged 16 or more as well as their children between 7 and 15 years of age, as the parents were asked if one of children could be interviewed subsequently. # #The following information is included from the interviews: #1. Information concerning persons aged 16 or more: #- Background information on the respondent and his/her # spouse/cohabitant: sex, age, citizenship, school education, # vocational education, main occupation, private/public # employment, working hours, and household composition, including # age of the children. #- Theatre visits, including type of theatre (permanent, touring, # amateur) and type of performance (play, ballet, opera, musical, # revue, children's theatre). # Amateur theatre activities. #- Music, concerts, including type of music. # Use of electronic media (CD, LP, LB). # Own music and song performance. #- Cinema visits. # Films on video and TV. # Possibly special questions on short films. #- Visual arts - visits to art museums and art exhibitions. # Amateur activities. #- Visits to other museums according to type. #- Other activities, including lectures, zoological parks and # bingo. #- Membership of clubs, associations and organizations and # activities in these. Positions of trust. # Grass-roots activities (unorganized). #- Reading habits as regards fiction, specialist literature, # comics, light reading, magazines on special topics, and local # papers. # Newspaper reading habits and preferred topics in the papers. #- Library habits. Frequency and purpose. The library as # information centre. #- TV habits and preferred programmes. Radio habits and # preferred programmes. #- Sports and exercise. Own activities - organized and # unorganized. # Spectator activities. #- Membership of the Danish National Church, church attendance, # other religious organizations. #- Spare time education, participation in evening school courses, # etc. # #2. Information on children between 7 and 15 years of age (both years included): #- Being together with and activities with the parents. #- Being together with and activities with friends. #- Time consumption in school and on homework. #- Types of after school care arrangements. # Youth centres. #- Scheduled spare time activities (type and time consumption). # Own (self-organized) spare time activities. #- Work. Participation in household duties and spare time job. #- Reading habits as regards fiction, specialist literature, # comics, light reading, and magazines on special topics. # Newspaper reading habits and preferred topics in the papers. #- Library habits. Frequency and purpose. #- TV habits and preferred programmes. Radio habits and # preferred programmes. #- Cinema visits. # Films on video and TV. #- Music, concerts, including type of music. # Use of electronic media (CD, LP, LB). # Own music and song performance. #- Theatre visits. #- Museum visits. #- Sports and exercise. Own activities - organized and # unorganized. # Spectator activities