RESEARCH SU2y\M.ARY 



Analysis of a national sample on outdoor recreation par- 

 ticipation indicates little evidence that Blacks' generally 

 lower rates of participation (in comparison to Whites') in 

 wildland-related activities stem from either inhibitory fac- 

 tors or statistical artifacts of population composition. 

 Blacks' perceived constraints on outdoor recreation parti- 

 cipation differed from Whites' only in greater transportation 

 difficulty; desired activities for outdoor recreation tended 

 to accentuate Black-White differences rather than reduce them. 

 Instead, the perspective is presented that Black leisure pat- 

 terns result from a distinct cultural value and normative 

 system contrasted to White "mass society," suggesting that 

 leisure may in fact function as a mechanism to help maintain 

 contrasting ethnic minority subcultural systems in coexistence 

 with a dominant culture. 



CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION 1 



THE HCRS NATIONAL SURVEY ' 2 



RESULTS . 3 



DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS 10 



PUBLICATIONS CITED 13 



