I wasn't asked to participate in the survey. This is true of every survey I read about, because I've never participated in them. I suspect that after a few- 'no thank you's,' they took me off of their call lists-- OR they already know how I would respond to many of their questions and those aren't the answers they are looking for. Many of these surveys are manipulative by design and 'designed' to produce a certain outcome.
However... I can answer this query for myself.
- Community activities, hobbies, or recreational activities-- and money. Yes to all. In fact, the ability to do all or most of these listed things is quite dependent on having time and money. As more people reach or near retirement age- these things become more "doable" and consequently more important.... IF you have the money. If the survey had listed those survey results about health-- they would likely have found that good health would have topped the list of all of these things in terms of importance, because without good health none of the other things matter-- including money. They indicate that there was no meaningful change in how much people value family, friends and health. No doubt these three top the list, though your presentation of it fails to mention that fact.
The latest Gallup survey, conducted June 1-22, finds more than nine in 10 Americans saying their family (96%) and health (92%) are extremely or very important to them. About eight in 10 greatly value their money (79%) and friends (78%), while a similar proportion of adults who are employed full- or part-time say the same of their work.
- For those employed and/or still earning.... of course, work takes precedence over those leisure activities, just as it takes time away from all of those other things you could or would be doing if you weren't at work.
- Religion--- interest in religion has fallen only in certain demographics... Not really a surprise.
The youngest age group also shows the greatest decline in saying religion is important to them. The value of religion has also fallen among Democrats (down 12 percentage points) and women (down 10 points), while it has not changed among Republicans, independents or men.
Specific to the hobby question-- anecdotally, I can add that my wife (and a partner) bought a quilt shop a year ago and it's been a tremendous success. 'Bursting at the seams' sounds bad for quilting, but it's been true of their business.