text: The Diverse Worlds of Unemployed Adults: Consequences for Leisure, Lifestyle, and Well-Being by Mark E. Havitz, Peter A. Morden, Diane M. Samdahl, 2004 | Online Research Library: Questia
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  Nature herself, as has been often said, requires that we should
  be able, not only to work well, but to use leisure well….
  Both are required, but leisure is better than occupation
  and is its end; and therefore the question must be asked, what
  ought we to do when at leisure?—Aristotle, Politics
  Leisure is a widely studied phenomenon, critical to the quality of life for individuals and cultures, and central to the economic health of communities and nations. Leisure has been examined from a variety of theoretical perspectives with respect to demographic, life-stage, lifestyle, and economic circumstances. A substantial body of literature devoted to work-leisure relationships has developed (Haworth, 1997; Reid, 1995), wherein issues related to leisure and unemployment have been raised. That coverage notwithstanding and in spite of the accumulation of literature specifically focussing on unemployment, similar in-depth coverage is not available regarding leisure and unemployment. Exceptions include Glyptis's (1989) book Leisure and Unemployment and Lobo's (2002) Leisure, Family and Lifestyle: Unemployed Young People. Complicating issues further, reactions to unemployment at the personal level and the resulting implications for service delivery are culture- and country-specific; two of the above texts (Glyptis, 1989; Haworth, 1997) rely primarily on data and circumstance specific to the United Kingdom, whereas Lobo's book focusses on Australia. The smaller body of North American research (see Pesavento Raymond & Havitz, 1995, for a summary) has focussed to some extent on the response, or lack thereof, from social services (including leisure services) to unemployed constituents (Havitz & Spigner, 1993; Smit & Reid, 1990) and on recreation participation patterns of people who are unemployed (Pesavento Raymond & Kelly, 1991; Reid, 1990).
  Unemployment is a persistent feature of advanced industrial society, and the Canadian economy is no exception. Matters are complicated, though, by the cyclical nature of unemployment and the difficulty of predicting from one year to the next the scope of the problem.
  Unemployed--Ontario--Social Conditions
  Unemployed--Ontario--Psychology
  Leisure--Ontario
  Unemployed--Services for--Ontario
  List of Appendices Figures and Tables vii
  2 - Method 7
  3 - Talking about Unemployment Participant Classification and Descriptions of Daily Life 21
  4 - Alternative Perspectives on Unemployment Confirmation and Disconfirmation of Daily Life Patterns Using Experiential Sampling and Mail-Back Survey Data 97
  5 - Integrating the Present Study with the Literature 145
  6 - Perceptions of Unemployment Agencies and Other Social Services 161
  7 - Leisure Services Planning and Policy 177
  8 - Summary, Conclusion and Future Directions 197
  Appendix A - Phase 1 Initial Interview Guide 203
  Appendix B - Esm Questionnaire 207
  Appendix C - Phase 1 Follow-Up Interview Guide 210
  Appendix D - Phase 1 Mail-Back Questionnaire 212
  Appendix E - Phase 2 Initial and Follow-Up Interview Guides 218
  Appendix F - Detailed Description of Qualitative Data Analysis 222
  Appendix G - Where Were Respondents When Signalled? (by Subgroup) 237
  Appendix H - What Was the Main Thing Respondents Were Doing When Signalled? (by Subgroup) 238
  Appendix I - How Task Involved Were Respondents? Did Respondents Perceive a Time Limit? (by Subgroup) 239
  Appendix J - Who Were Respondents with? (by Subgroup) 240
  Appendix K - Mood States (by Subgroup) 241
  Appendix L - Price Subsidy Messages 242
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