A Predictive Model of Chronic Time Pressure in the Australian Population: Implications for Leisure Research

Abstract

Time pressure is a perception of being rushed or pressed for time. In its most extreme form, time pressure has implications for leisure, health and wellbeing. Although previous findings from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show that time pressure affects large numbers of Australians (ABS, 1998; Bittman, 1998), no research has addressed chronic time pressure (ie. always feeling time pressured). This study aims to use selected demographic variables to develop a model to predict chronic time pressure in the Australian population. The implications of chronic time pressure for leisure research are also discussed.

Keywords:

• chronic time pressure
• leisure
• logistic regression

Notes

+Of those in the workforce.

++Single family households only.

∗Coded according to Australian Standard Classification of Occupations.

∗∗Coded according to Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification.

∗Significant at P = 0.05.