Leisure Location and Family Centeredness

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Abstract
The relative increase of non-work time has been a concern in the study of the family. One of the difficulties in assessing the effects of potentially increased paternal interaction with the remainder of the family made possible by the declining hours of work has been the improper mixing of the concepts, “family” and “home.” A scheme for analyzing the location of leisure and the involvement of the family is developed. The scheme is used to highlight prior research related to leisure and the family. Several original findings for a special class of Americans, fathers who camp with their families, are presented. The utility of the analysis is explored and several theoretical implications are suggested.

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