The Social Organization of Leisure Among Mexican-Americans

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Abstract
Identifiable patterns of subcultural social participation, or membership in voluntary and political organizations, suggested that similar patterns might be identified in leisure behavior. Leisure participation patterns were assumed to differ between Mexican-Americans and Anglo-Americans, based on previously-identified differences in social participation between the two groups. Leisure participation patterns, in terms of extensity and intensity of participation, were examined from the perspective of 16 independent social organization variables. Findings indicated that there is no difference in leisure behavior patterns of Mexican- and Anglo-Americans. Not all of the social organization variables were related to leisure behavior. Relationships which were identified, however, explained by the same factors for both Mexican-Americans and Anglo-Americans.