GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

The study compared the level of perception and involvement in leisure between men and women in Cross River State. The population of this study comprised all men and women in Cross River State. The study adopted Expost-Facto research design while stratified random sampling technique was used in selecting the respondents. The instrument for data collection which was tagged “leisure involvement questionnaire (LIQ) was administered to the respondents used for the study. The instrument was vetted by expert in home economy and test and measurement before the reliability test was conducted with 40 men and women. The test produced the reliability coefficient of 0.92 proving the instrument to be reliable for the study. Data collected were analyzed using independent t-test analysis and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Analysis. From the results of the data analysis, it was observed that there is significant difference in the extent of men and women perception and involvement in leisure in Cross River State. It was also observed that there is significant relationship between level of involvement in leisure and health status of the people in Cross River State. The conclusion was that in Cross River State men are more involved in leisure than women. It was therefore recommended that men and women should create more time for leisure in order to affect their lives positively. It was also recommended that government should make it compulsory for civil servants to take active part in monthly exercise while increasing the number of days for the exercise in each month.