Evaluation of Children's Playgrounds in Terms of Various Variables in Osmaniye Province

Year 2020, Volume: 8 Issue: 3, 112 - 121, 21.11.2020

Serkan Necati Metin Mehmet Ali Kılıç

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the children’s playgrounds in Osmaniye province in terms of various variables by the users. A total of 932 participants (444 males and 488 females) were randomly selected on a voluntary basis. Along with the variables such as marital status, profession, and income, the “Evaluation Scale for Child Playground” (ESfCP), whose validity and reliability study was performed by Ulaş and Ayan (2016), was applied to the volunteers. The obtained data were evaluated in the SPSS 22 package program. According to the information obtained from the data; In the evaluation of children's playgrounds, it was understood that there was no significant difference in terms of marital status in general mean and all sub-dimensions (p>0.05). In terms of income and profession, it was understood that there was a statistically significant difference between the groups in terms of "hygiene and lighting competence", "general competence", "equipment competence", "safety and functionality competence", and overall mean (p<0.05). As a result, it can be said that the evaluation of children's playgrounds differs according to various variables in terms of users.

Keywords

Playgrounds, Safety and Functionality, Equipment, Hygiene and Lighting

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