A határon túli magyar fiatalok szabadidős magatartása és differenciálódása
Leisure behaviour and differentiation of minority Hungarian youth in the Carpathian Basin

Summary/Abstract: The aim of our study is to present the leisure behaviour of minority Hungarian youth in the Carpathian Basin based on the results of the two large-scale youth surveys (Hungarian Youth Research 2016, 2020). In our paper, we point out that the reference point so far, which was the transition from a communist regime to democracy, will change with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Despite this, the effect of the epidemic on the leisure behaviour of young people is only superficial. Our results show that a mother with a family has the least free time, which became even more pronounced during the epidemic. Demand for traditional cultural activities has decreased or remained unchanged, but family relationships have become more valuable during this period. There are no significant changes in sporting habits during the pandemic; men are more likely to play sports among young people, with less and less time available after starting a family. Forming consumer groups, we have seen that the cultural leisure stratification among Hungarian youth in the Carpathian Basin is organized along an “omnivorous - passive” axis rather than an elite - mass culture axis. Access to leisure and cultural opportunities is rather unequal, the passive group is the most populous in each region.

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