title: Hobbies of retired people in the People's Republic of China: a preliminary study.
abstract: This study describes and analyzes the hobbies of over 500 retired individuals (ages fifty to eighty-eight in the People's Republic of China. Data were obtained through questionnaires and compared with the responses of 100 younger people (twenty to thirty-nine years of age). Hobbies of the retired people were classified into five categories: reading, physical exercise, productive, visual-auditory, and recreational. This classification is at variance with the one proposed by some Western writers. The following conclusions were reached: 1) there are significant differences between the hobbies of retired people and those of younger people; 2) reading is the hobby most preferred by the retired person in China; and 3) gender, age, education, and previous occupation are the factors that most influence the retired person's choice of hobbies.
authors.affiliation: Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R. China.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002681:China; D004493:Education; D006686:Hobbies / Q000145:classification*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012179:Retirement; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors