The effect of demographic characteristics of gender and marital status on political and social participation ‎and the motivation of sports participation of the elderly in 5 district of Tehran
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Paper ID : 1498-SSRC
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دانشگاه علامه طباطبایی
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of demographic characteristics of gender and marital status on political and social participation and the motivation for sports participation of the elderly in 5 district of Tehran. The research method was descriptive-analytical and the statistical population was all elderly people in 5 cities of Tehran with an age range of 69 to 85 years and an unknown number. statistical sample of the research, including 384 elderly people who were determined based on the Kerjesi and Morgan table and available in a non-random way, from people who were in public places, parks, mosques, and neighborhood halls, was examined. Research variables using 3 questionnaires, including the political participation questionnaire (Farajzadeh, 2013), Social participation questionnaire (Afshani et al. 2015) and sports participation questionnaire (Gil et al., 1983) were measured. The statistical analysis of the data was done with the help of descriptive indices and structural equation modeling, and SPSS and Amos software were used. The results of this research showed that the effect of gender on sports motivation was positive and significant, the effect of gender on social participation was positive and significant, and the effect of gender on political participation was positive and significant. Also, the effect of marital status on sports motivation was negative and non-significant, the effect of marital status on social participation was negative and non-significant, and the effect of marital status on political participation was negative and non-significant. According to the positive values of the regression coefficients of the gender variable, it was found that the status of political and social participation variables and sports participation motivation is stronger in male elderly than in female elderly. Also, the married variable had no effect on the research variables, so it is recommended to the relevant officials to pay attention to both single and married people in planning.
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