A prospective panel study of Chinese-Canadian immigrants' leisure participation and leisure satisfaction

Leisure Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 349-365

  Walker, Gordon J ^a   Halpenny, Elizabeth ^a   Spiers, Rew ^a   Deng, Jinyang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese; Leisure; Longitudinal; Participation; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MODELING; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY;

EID: 80053286848     PISSN: 01490400     EISSN: 15210588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490400.2011.606776     Document Type: Article

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