Youth Experience: Effect on Participation in Recreational Activities

The existence of a certain pattern of outdoor recreation activities and participation by individuals in a specific activity depends upon many variables, which can be grouped into the following classifications: (1) socioeconomic characteristics; (2) demographic characteristics; (3) leisure time available for recreation; (4) supply factors, i.e., available facilities, their location, quality, quantity, knowledge of them and cost of using facilities;' (5) the user's past experience with recreation activities; and (6) user characteristics.