Abstract
Reasons for participation in leisure activities with regard to values and ideas vary from person to person, from community to community and from culture to culture. The purpose of this study was therefore to investigate the behavioural determinants of participation in leisure activities of Sokoto State Civil Servants. To achieve this, hypotheses were formulated and ex post fact research design was adopted. A total of four hundred (400) copies of self – developed and standardized questionnaire was printed and distributed among the junior and senior staff of the ten selected ministries from the state. A total of three hundred and ninety five (395) copies of the questionnaire was returned. The simple convenient sampling technique was used to select respondents from each of the selected ministries.
The data collected were analysed at the Institute of Agricultural Research (IAR) ABU, Samaru, Computer. Centre, using the SPSS statistical package at probability level of P
