Making leisure time meaningful for adolescents: an interview study from Sweden

Figures & data

Table I. Overview of community actors.

Community actors	Type of organization	Number of Interviewees
Library	Municipal	2
Community actor supporting students with incomplete grades	Municipal	1
Youth centers (two different)	Municipal	3
Community actor promoting cultural activities for youths	Municipal	1
Community actor working with upper secondary high school and adult education	Municipal	1
Community actor who works with increasing safety in school and society	NGO partly run by municipal funds	2
Religious centre	NGO	1
Community actor promoting physical activity	NGO	1
Community actor responsible for health care and public health in the county	Politically governed	2

Table II. Illustration of the analysis process.

Meaning units	Codes	Sub-category	Category
… A leisure time that’s fun. And it can be a sport or something else like music, theater, or dance or whatever. That it makes you relax. You have fun, relax. Although it is tough for a while in school, you have a leisure time that is fun and that works for you. Or you have good and fun friends. […] But then also, I think leisure time should be pretty undemanding too. (IP4)	Fun and undemanding	The importance of balance and meaningfulness	Leisure time as a health-promoting resource
I can see that those who are going through tough times, fourteen, fifteen and are a bit lost and don’t have anyone. I mean, it’s not getting easier for them when they turn eighteen. It becomes like the youth center has been their lifeline. Here is where they hang out. The only place they spend more time at is their home. And even though we absolutely try to have it as a goal to help them go back to school … And we even changed our opening hours for that reason. (IP10)	Adapting activities	Identifying needs	Efforts to activate adolescents

Table III. Results presented as categories and sub-categories.

Categories	Subcategories
Leisure time as a health-promoting resource	The importance of balance and meaningfulness
	Inequities in prerequisites for adolescents
Efforts to activate adolescents	Offering various accessible activities
	Identifying needs
	Individual-focused approach