Abstract
Despite our increasingly 24/7 society, for the majority, the weekend is still associated with leisure time; the time to kick back and have some fun - or catch up on sleep and domestic chores at the very least. But do we all still get that Friday feeling? Or are we now so broke and busy that every day feels like Monday morning?
Prioritising weekend leisure is obviously easier for some. Half of all working mothers, for example, are just too busy with family, housework, etc to do the things they would otherwise do at the weekend, while a third of those in the family lifestage rarely go out, either during the week or at the weekend. At the other end of the scale, two-thirds of the highest earners go out most weekends, with eating out a particular favourite.
This report explores the hypothesis: "With the rising cost of living and increasingly busy lives, is time or money the major determining factor when it comes to weekend leisure?"
Leisure time, in this report, is defined as free time in which the individual may do as they like, between the time they get up and the time they go to bed on an average weekend day. An individual' s perception of leisure time may differ, however, and may include or exclude such daily activities as routine childcare, pet care or meal times. Respondents' definitions of weekend leisure throughout this report are therefore self-defined to a certain extent.
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