<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><italic>Study aim:</italic> To determine the participation of academic teachers in leisure activities for that group contribute to shaping habits of a large percentage of young people.<italic>Material and methods:</italic> A group of 52 staff members (about 30%) of a private university college, aged 25 - 70 years, were interviewed with respect to their participation in sports, recreation and tourism in the recent year. Chi-square function in the logarithmic form was used in data analysis.<italic>Results:</italic> Over two-thirds participants declared practicing recreational activities (43% regularly); 80% or more declared short- or long-lasting local trips and 50% declared journeys abroad.<italic>Conclusions:</italic> The knowledge of benefits brought about by motor activities and the awareness of their necessity stimulate the activities, especially the tourism and recreational ones of people.</abstract>

Study aim: To determine the participation of academic teachers in leisure activities for that group contribute to shaping habits of a large percentage of young people.Material and methods: A group of 52 staff members (about 30%) of a private university college, aged 25 - 70 years, were interviewed with respect to their participation in sports, recreation and tourism in the recent year. Chi-square function in the logarithmic form was used in data analysis.Results: Over two-thirds participants declared practicing recreational activities (43% regularly); 80% or more declared short- or long-lasting local trips and 50% declared journeys abroad.Conclusions: The knowledge of benefits brought about by motor activities and the awareness of their necessity stimulate the activities, especially the tourism and recreational ones of people.

Leisure activities of university college staff

Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland

Biomedical Human Kinetics

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Study aim: To determine the participation of academic teachers in leisure activities for that group contribute to shaping habits of a large percentage of young...

Leisure activities of university college staff

Publicado en línea: 14 abr 2009

Páginas: 20 - 22

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10101-009-0006-x

Palabras clave
Sport activity, Recreation, Tourism, Teachers

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Leisure activities of university college staff

Publicado en línea: 14 abr 2009

Páginas: 20 - 22

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10101-009-0006-x

Palabras claveSport activity, Recreation, Tourism, Teachers

This content is open access.

Palabras clave
Sport activity, Recreation, Tourism, Teachers