abdolhossin ebrahimi; Abdulrahman Mehdi Pour; Tahereh Azmsha
Volume 5, Issue 1 , August 2016, , Pages 83-98
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of demographic characteristics on the level of sport infrastructures and sport participation of Ahvaz citizens using the HLM model. This study has been implemented through applied field method. The first statistical so ciety included all purpose ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of demographic characteristics on the level of sport infrastructures and sport participation of Ahvaz citizens using the HLM model. This study has been implemented through applied field method. The first statistical so ciety included all purpose sports halls, swimming pools and grass - grounds that belong to the Department of Youth and Sports in Ahvaz and the government departments included 99 cases. The second statistical society included all individuals who use the sport facilities which is 66135 persons. The statistical sample of first and second, by using Morgan table, respectively, n1 = 86 as a sporting venues and n2=384 as persons were selected. The tool for collecting Data is researcher - made questionnaire in which three sections, their demographic characteristics, criteria and standards for sport and sports participation (α =0/87) was adjusted. For analyzing data and testing hypotheses from descriptive statistics and inferential statistical regression model with random coefficients and random effects model ANOVA was used in HLM6 software. The results showed that between the proximity criteria and location, access, hygiene and maintenance and aesthetic of sports and citizens sports participation, there is a meaningful relationship. Also Increasing sports infrastructures at the macro level and education and income at the micro-level will increase their participation. It was found that errors at the micro-level and macro level are respectively 1.181 and 0.951 which turns out that changes in the level of sport participation in level one is more than level two.
