THE ACTIVITY INVOLVEMENT OF WOMEN AND MEN IN YOUNG AND MIDDLE ADULTHOOD - A PANEL STUDY

In a secondary analyses of a 36-year panel study of 267 Euro-American women and men, this research examined gender differences in (a) the fr equency of individuals' involvement in discretionary or free-time acti vity in young and middle adulthood, (b) change in activity involvement between young and middle adulthood, and (c) predictors of activity in volvement in young and middle adulthood. Activity involvement included participation in recreational, formal and informal educational, and v oluntary (club and organizational) activities. Results of this panel s tudy suggest both change and continuity in activity involvement with a ge. Results also indicate that gender distinguishes patterns and predi ctors of participation in discretionary activity.