Selected leisure lifestyles of residents in rural tourist and non-tourist communities in Massachusetts

Lawrence R. Jr. Klar; Rodney B. Warnick

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Selected leisure lifestyles of residents in rural tourist and non-tourist communities in Massachusetts

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Authors:

Lawrence R., Jr. Klar, Rodney B. Warnick

Year:

1995

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Vander Stoep, Gail A., ed. Proceedings of the 1994 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium; 1994 April 10-12; Saratoga Springs, NY.: Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-198. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 103-105

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Abstract

The Lifestyle Zip Code Analyst was used as a secondary data source to compare selected lifestyle characteristics of the adult populations in 21 tourist and 45 non-tourist towns in the commonwealth of Massachusetts. Towns were rural in nature, with populations under 25,000. All tourist communities within the state were included in the survey. Non-tourist communities were randomly selected from towns with populations no less than 2,500 and no more than 25,000 in size. Adult participation rates were found to be higher for a number of leisure/culturally related activities in tourist communities. For other activities, little or no differences were found.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the 1994 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium

Citation

Klar, Lawrence R., Jr.; Warnick, Rodney B. 1995. Selected leisure lifestyles of residents in rural tourist and non-tourist communities in Massachusetts. In: Vander Stoep, Gail A., ed. Proceedings of the 1994 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium; 1994 April 10-12; Saratoga Springs, NY.: Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-198. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 103-105