GENDER, RACE, AND SUBJECTIVE SOCIAL-CLASS AND THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH LEISURE PREFERENCES

This study examines the leisure preferences of subgroups defined by ge nder, race, find subjective social class. The multiple hierarchy strat ification perspective mid the class polarization perspective provided the theoretical rationale for the study, mid a secondary data set from a national probability telephone survey was used. The interviews obta ined information regarding the leisure preferences of adults age 21 to 65. From 2,148 contacts, 1,711 interviews were completed. The results provide partial support for the study's hypotheses. Poor-working-clas s Black women were distinct front White men and women mid middle-class Black men, bait they were similar to the other Black groups. As hypot hesized, the leisure preferences of middle-class Black and White men w ere similar. However contrary to the study's hypothesis, Black men of different classes did not exhibit greater dissimilarity when compared with Black women of different classes.