Institute for Family and Gender Studies, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, No. 27, Tran Xuan Soan Street, Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Institute of Psychology, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Hanoi, Vietnam.
J Cross Cult Gerontol. 2024 Sep;39(3):335-354. doi: 10.1007/s10823-024-09516-7. Epub 2024 Oct 28.
Leisure activities enjoyed by older married couples play an important part in creating more meaningful married lives. The study focuses on the prevalence of joint leisure activities by older couples, the factors influencing older adults' engagement in leisure activities together, and the relationship between joint participation in leisure activities and marital satisfaction of older couples. The quantitative sample included 414 married respondents aged 55 years and above from different parts of Vietnam. The leisure activities analyzed in the paper include vacation/travel, watching movies, music, karaoke singing outside the house, walking around the house, attending cultural events and festivals, watching TV, drinking tea, and doing exercise. The study results showed that the level of joint engagement in leisure activities in places near home with less cost was higher than those engaged in elsewhere. Couples with better living standards, higher education, better health, and who lived in urban areas more actively participated in leisure activities far from home. Vietnamese couples who engage in more leisure activities together had a higher level of overall satisfaction with their marriage, and greater satisfaction in several dimensions of their marital relationship than those who did not participate in leisure activities with their partners.
老年已婚夫妇的休闲活动对创造更有意义的婚姻生活起着重要作用。本研究关注的是老年夫妇共同参与休闲活动的普遍程度、影响老年人共同参与休闲活动的因素，以及共同参与休闲活动与老年夫妇婚姻满意度之间的关系。定量样本包括来自越南各地的 414 对 55 岁及以上的已婚受访者。本文分析的休闲活动包括度假/旅行、看电影、听音乐、在户外唱卡拉 OK、在家附近散步、参加文化活动和节日、看电视、喝茶和锻炼。研究结果表明，在家附近、费用较低的地方共同参与休闲活动的程度高于其他地方。生活水平较高、受教育程度较高、健康状况较好、居住在城市地区的夫妇更积极地参与离家较远的休闲活动。与那些不与伴侣一起参与休闲活动的夫妇相比，共同参与更多休闲活动的越南夫妇对婚姻的整体满意度更高，对婚姻关系的几个维度的满意度也更高。
