Sociological analysis on leisure times in Iranian society (Meta-analysis on present researches) (Meta-analysis on present researches)

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Leisure times were transformed as one of important topics in the new societies.in this reason, new societies name leisure societies. Iranian society doesn't except from this topic and on effects of social, economical and global values, leisure become one of the most important people problems in our society. Many researches do about leisure but case studies can't appear a general image from leisure pattern in Iranian society.so this article survey leisure patterns, factors and obstacles in Iranian society with meta-analysis method. The article attempt to perform Generation analysis of leisure with using Ingelhart theory. Structural and individual factors affect leisure patterns in Iranian society. While the patterns were formed by soft and hard obstacles. Analysis appears generational differences in leisure patterns. Old generation have active-collective pattern. But new generation is moving forward passive-individual pattern. Leisure times can spot the new problem in Iranian society specially city society when the basic section of population live in cities and important section of them are yang and we have leisure obstacles .therefore today, it has important position in city management programs.

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