Recreational Need Assessment of 15 – 64 Years Old Citizen in Shiraz City in Personal, Environmental- social & Cultural Dimension in 2013

摘要

The objective of this research was the recreational need assessment of 15 – 64 YearsOld Citizenes in Shiraz City in three dimensions of individual, environmental-socialand cultural. The research method was a descriptive survey. The statistical populationof the study consisted male and female citizen of Shiraz from which 496 were selectedusing stage sampling method (appropriate to sample size). The research instrument wasa researcher questionnaire containing 65 close ended questions. The reliability of thequestionnaire proved to be 0/96 using Cornbrash’s alpha coefficient and validity of thequestionnaire was a superficial and content validity. The data was analyzed boththrough descriptive (frequency, percentage and standard deviation) and inferential (onevariablet-test, Independent-sample t-test, One way analyzed of variance, LSD test andFreidman) statistics. Analysis of the findings revealed that the most importantrecreational needs of Shiraz citizens are the need for recreational programs foradolescents considering the individual dimension with the average of 4/06, the need forrecreational facilities part in (parking, enough light and recreational facilities)considering the environmental - social dimension with the average of 4/12, and theneed for places to hold sport classes considering cultural dimension with the average of3/86.The recreational needs of citizens were above the average in all three dimensions.No meaningful difference was seen in citizens, recreational needs in the threedimensions regarding age, sex and income. A meaningful difference was seen amongrecreational needs in individual dimension considering education, marital status andoccupation. In addition, there was a meaningful difference among recreational needs inenvironmental-social dimension regarding owning a car. The most obstacles forparticipating in recreational program was the distance between recreational places andliving place.