THE PROFILE OF THE INDIVIDUALS JOINING TO THE INDOOR SPORTS ACTIVITIES ORGANIZED BY THE SPORTS CORPORATION OF ISTANBUL METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the general features of the participants attending indoor leisure activities of the Sports Corporation of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. This study was conducted with 1400 individuals from 21 districts of the Istanbul city performing indoor sports programs in 60 Public School gymnasiums under the sponsorship of The Sports Corporation of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. The subjects were able to access to the sports activities freely, three times per week for five hours each session after the teaching hours of the schools, which was an opportunity for the public to join to the sports activities. The half of the participants was female and 50% were male. According to our results, 12,8% of the participants were under the age of 15 years, 33% were between 16-25 years, 26,6% were between 26-35 years, 24,3% were between 36-50, and only 3,4% percent were over 51 years. Among the participants 49% were married, 51% were single, and their education levels were as follows; 26,2%

Keywords

• Free sports,profiles,sports participation

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