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There are many factors that are responsible for people participating in leisure activities, and dependent on their individual needs, the activities and the level at which they participate can vary on a wide scale.  

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There are many factors that are responsible for people participating in leisure activities, and dependent on their individual needs, the activities and the level at which they participate can vary on a wide scale. People may participate in leisure as an escape route from the rigours of everyday life or they could involve themselves purely as a display of social status. Schreyer (1986) suggests that human behaviour is goal orientated and is focused on trying to meet a need or needs that need to be fulfilled. The major needs of human beings for subsistence are working, sleeping and eating. These are life-maintaining activities. People's needs however are not just limited to these needs. Physiological, spiritual, social and intellectual needs are also as important in daily life as afore mentioned life needs. A way that people find a way of satisfying these needs is through leisure activities and to aid in...

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