The leisure experience

Research on Subjective Well-being (SWB) recognizes the important role of individual leisure satisfaction – measured by responses to a stated leisure experience valuation question – as a mediator of individual happiness. Since leisure is a complex human need, individual heterogeneity must be taken into account due to the relevance of tastes, skills, and resources.We investigate the determinants of leisure satisfaction using data derived from the 2003 Survey on Living Conditions and Poverty for Andalucía (Spain). Using self-reported measures of leisure experience valuation (leisure satisfaction), ordered probit models are estimated, accounting for personal-demographic and household-socio-economic variables. This allows us to disentangle the impact of the latter into the resources allocation for leisure experience production and thus, leisure satisfaction.