The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between sociodemographic characteristics and sport participation among community adults. Specifically, the main purpose of this study was to analyze the difference of sport participation accord...
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between sociodemographic characteristics and sport participation among community adults. Specifically, the main purpose of this study was to analyze the difference of sport participation according to the sociodemographic characteristics of community adults, namey sex, age, income, educational level, health.
Subjects of this study were sampled 415 adults over 20 years old who live in Songpa-Gu by multistage stratified random sampling ; male : 224, female : 191. Statistics employed in this study were t-test and oneway-ANOVA.
Based on the procedures and results, the following conclusions were warranted :
First, sex has an influence on sport participation That is, there is difference in sport participation according to sex and female is more high than male.
Second, age has no influence on sport participation That is, there isn`t difference in sport participation according to age, but over 60 years old is the highest.
Third, educational level has no influence on sport participation That is, there isn`t difference in sport participation according to age, but over 60 years old is the highest.
Forth, income has influence on sport participation That is, there is difference in sport participation according to income, and over three hundred thousand Won is the highest.
Fifth, health has influence on sport participation That is, there is difference in sport participation according to health, and very weak is the highest.