CLASS POLARIZATION AND LEISURE ACTIVITY PREFERENCES OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS - INTRAGROUP COMPARISONS

This study breaks from the practice of making comparisons between race s and focuses on the influence of gender, education, and income on the leisure activity preferences of African Americans. Applying the class polarization perspective, we expected to find significant differences between the leisure preferences of African Americans of different soc ioeconomic status. Further, we expected the differences to be greater between men of different socioeconomic groups as compared to women of different status. Similarities were found between the leisure preferen ces of men and women in the higher social classes, but not between tho se in the lower social classes. Additionally, results showed a positiv e association between the leisure preferences of men of different soci oeconomic groups, but not between women of different classes.