Mf. Floyd et al., RACE, CLASS, AND LEISURE ACTIVITY PREFERENCES - MARGINALITY AND ETHNICITY REVISITED, Journal of leisure research, 26(2), 1994, pp. 158-173
This study examines the relationship between race, leisure preferences
, and class awareness. Based on interest-group theory of class identif
ication, we hypothesized that blacks and whites who define themselves
similarly in terms of social class would exhibit similar leisure activ
ity preferences. Data to test this hypothesis came from a national pro
bability survey of 1,607 U.S. adults. The results of the analysis show
ed similarities in leisure preferences between blacks and whites who d
efined themselves as middle class. Patterns of leisure preferences, ho
wever, tended to diverge among blacks and whites who defined themselve
s as poor or working class. This divergence was attributed in part to
differences between black and white females of the poor or working cla
ss.