Increase in Leisure Time
Time is essential element for all forms of leisure and recreational activities. The leisure and recreation industry under took a growth burst in the 1960s from this an expansion in the amount of free time people have for leisure has grown. People cant quite work out how the amount of free time has raised so much. This table shows the time people have for leisure between 1971-1996.
% Change over period
1971-81
1981-91
1991-6
1971-96
Leisure Time
Total leisure hours in the UK
+6
+2
+2
+10
Leisure hours, average per person
+5
nil
nil
+5
This table shows that over a 25-year period to 1996, the
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The leisure time per person has grown at an average rate of just 0.2 percent a year since 1971, regardless of the huge increases of consumer spending on leisure.
The amount of leisure time available to the majority of people in the UK increased steadily up to the early 1970s, but has levelled of since then. The main reasons why leisure time increased up to the 1970s were increasing amounts of annual holiday entitlement, and a gradual reduction in the weekly working hours for most of full time workers. Since the 1970s other factors have had a greater influence on the availability of time, such as:
v Flexible work patterns
v The use of manual labour- saving devices in the home.
v The increase of unemployed and retired.
Full Time workers
1971
1981
1991
1996
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There has been no massive change in the availability of free time to full time employees since 1971.
The percentage of part-time workers within the UK has doubled to 30 percent. The trend towards more flexible, part-time employment since the 1970s has meant more people have had the availability of time to pursue in leisure activities.
Increase in disposable income =============================
Levels of disposable income
Since the 1960s a major rise in wealth in the UK has been a main factor behind the development in the leisure and recreation industry. The standards of living has rose and because of this free time has been used in a much more money demanding way than it was in the past. An example of this would be how consumer spending has lead to an increase of free-time activities such as eating out, holidays, and general sports.
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Marks, L. (2006). The Loss of Leisure in a Culture of Overwork. Spirit of Change Magazine.
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Lefebvre, Henri. "Work and Leisure in Everyday Life." Everyday Life Reader. Ed. Ben Highmore. Great Britain: Routledge, 2002. 225-36.
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time to engage in leisure activities such as entertainment and food as well as socializing. Consumers