Statistically Speaking has been created to provide SLA-CTOR members with a "quick list" of statistical resources related to the theme of the current Courier issue. When possible, the focus will be on resources that are free and available via the World Wide Web. The Summer issue of Courier focuses on Fun in the Sun/Enjoyment. The resources described below document how we spend our free time. I hope that you find time this summer to take part in leisure and/or recreation activities of your own! Leisure and Recreation Activities - Canadians Overview of Time Use by Canadians in 1998 Statistics Canada - Cycle 12, General Social Survey http://www.statcan.ca:80/english/freepub/12F0080XIE/12F0080XIE.pdf Canadian Statistics - Leisure Activities/Sports Statistics Canada http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/People/cultur.htm#lei Ever wonder what Canadians do with their leisure time? It seems that, overall, more play golf than hockey. Statistics Canada focused its Time Use Survey on the unpaid activities of Canadians over 15 years of age. The report linked above provides an overview of the findings, while the Canadian Statistics link provides greater detail on select activities (e.g., sports, reading habits, performing arts attendance) included in the survey. Statistics from other products are also accessible from this web site (e.g., television viewing time). Ontario Highlights: 2001 Physical Activity Profile Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute http://www.cflri.ca/cflri/pa/surveys/2001survey/2001_on.html It is anticipated that the 2001 edition of this annual survey will be released in full by October 2002. Highlights by province are available (linked above). The most popular physical activity for Ontarians over 20 years of age was walking. Sport and Recreation Research Communiqués Ministry of Tourism and Recreation Government of Ontario http://www.culture.gov.on.ca/english/sportdiv/communiq/ While it is unfortunate that this site has not been updated since 1997, some of the available issues of this electronic publication are extremely topical. The Communiques are designed to disseminate information obtained from studies and analyses conducted or funded by the Sport and Recreation Branch of the Ministry of Tourism and Recreation. There is no print equivalent but ministry employees plan to make more recent issues available online in the future. Issues of interest include: No. 1 (November 1992) Participation roles in various leisure activities in Ontario (84% of people were satisfied with the way they spent their leisure time) No. 2 (December 1992) What are Ontarians likely to do in their leisure time in the future? (gardening and sewing had the highest projected annual growth rates for physical and non-physical activities respectively) Leisure and Recreation Activities - International Travel Activities and Motivations Survey http://www.tourism.gov.on.ca/english/research/tams.asp Ever wonder what American tourists do while on vacation in Canada? The Travel Activities and Motivations Survey provides insight into the motivations and intentions of Canadian and American travelers. The reports were prepared by Lang Research, the survey was conducted by an association of Canadian tourism ministries, the data was collected by Statistics Canada and Price Waterhouse Coopers, and the online access is through the Ministry of Tourism and Recreation, Government of Ontario. The intent of the survey was to "explore the travel patterns of the marketplace as well as the factors which motivate travel behavior." Reports include: Wine and Cuisine Profile Report (Americans who visited Quebec were more likely to show an interest in activities associated with wine and cuisine than those who visited other provinces) Interest in Health Spas Profile Report (Americans were 66.7% more likely to have visited a health spa than Canadians) Hands-On Learning While on Vacation (Americans traveling to Manitoba and Saskatchewan (as opposed to other provinces) tended to have higher levels of interest in hands-on learning experiences while on vacation) Time Use Surveys United Nations Statistics Division http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/timeuse/tusresource.htm This site links to information about national time use surveys. Links to resulting statistics are limited but information about surveys that are in progress or under development is provided. Working Time Around the World Conditions of Work Digest, Vol. 14/1995 International Labour Organization, 1996. Who has the most time off to pursue leisure and recreation activities? Reliable, authoritative, and comparative statistics on paid annual leave are hard to track down on the World Wide Web. However, this International Labour Organization publication includes a table (Table1, page 301) that provides figures for paid annual leave. Listed below are the countries that ranked at the extremes of the range. Figures are based on national policies to which all workers have a right after one year of service. 30 calendar days/one month or more of paid annual leave* Austria, Comoros, Cuba, Djibouti, France (5 weeks), Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Italy (4-6 weeks), Mali Panama, Peru, Sao Tome and Principe, Spain, Togo, United Arab Emirates *some countries (not listed above) stipulated that people under 18 years of age would receive 30 or more days of paid annual leave 8 working days or less of paid annual leave Fiji, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand |
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