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Table 1 Variable name and explanation

From: Leisure participation patterns and gender wage gap—evidence from Chinese manufacturing industry

Variable name

Explanation

Standard hours

The specified number of artifacts workers must finish in the time given based on the average performance of the team.

Income

Income this month includes performance-related pay, seniority pay, and comprehensive evaluation wages.

Sleeping time L1

The time for sleeping, washing, and marital activities after work

Sports time L2

The time for walking, taking exercise, keeping fit, and making beauty after work

Literary time L3

The time for listening to music, reading, drawing, and reading newspapers and magazines after work

Recreation time L4

The time for watching TV, playing microblog and games, playing computers, chatting online, surfing the Internet, watching plays and films, and other recreational activities after work

Social time L5

The time for dining out, talking business and singing after work

Enjoy time L6

Different from the entertainment time, the enjoying time means the time for going together, shopping, having a foot massage, and other enjoying consumption activities after work.

Passive leisure time L7

The time for playing mahjong, smoking, drinking, and other negative leisure activities after work

Housework time L8

The time for cleaning rooms, cooking, taking care of children and family members, and buying groceries after work

Gross leisure time PLT

The gross leisure time at work