Explaining the relationship between the socio-economic base and the way of spending leisure time with an emphasis on stress (a case study of young university graduates living in Karaj)

Leisure time is a multi-dimensional phenomenon (social, economic and cultural) and it has been affected by the corona virus epidemic. The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between the dimensions of the social and economic base with the various forms of free time of educated youth, which is based on the lifestyle theory of Pierre Bourdieu and the opinions of Joffre Dumasier. The research method was a survey and the data collection tool was a questionnaire. The statistical population includes young students over the age of 20 living in Karaj in the winter of 2019, of which 400 people were selected as the main sample of the study using a simple random multistage cluster sampling method. The research findings show that the independent variable of socio-economic base had an impact on physical leisure with 0.462, artistic-cultural with 0.597, practical with 0.398, intellectual with 0.473, and social with 0.418. The results show that there is a significant relationship between the socio-economic base and the way young people spend their free time