USE OF LEISURE TIME
The use of leisure time by youths is undoubtably a relevant factor in education. The process of youth socialisation takes place in a context in which a fair part of the values, individuals and groups are in one way or another related to leisure and associated activities. Due to this, the opinion of parents as to their children’s use of free time is due the greatest interest.
The different activities that occupy youth’s free time and their prefers, differentiated by sexes, are shown on graph 4. As may be seen, parents consider that their children spend a fair amount or a lot of time after school on the following activities: meeting or chatting with friends (82%), talking to their parents (78%), listening to music (77%) and watching television (59%). Music forms an essential dimension in youths’ lives. Apart from this, the amount of time spent watching television shows how the media has penetrated in the home. On the other hand, parents state that their children spend little time on going to the theatre (96%), attending concerts (95%), visiting museums and exhibitions (94%), going to the cinema (88%) or collecting (83%).

Graph 4: Time spent on activities outside school by sex (percentages of answers "fairly or a lot)
Girls spend more time reading than boys (53% against 31%), also spend more time listening to music and talking to their parents. On the contrary, according to them, such activities as sport or video-games seem to attract boys more than girls.