موانع بازدارنده بانوان شاغل در آموزش و پرورش اراك از شركت در فعاليتهاي بدني منظم

Participation Barriers in Regular Physical Activities and Sport of the Women Employed in Education Organization of Markazt Province

The purpose of this study is to examine the participation barriers in regular physical activities and sport of the women employed in Education Organization of Arak. The research method is a survey-descriptive one . For data gathering a researcher-made questionnaire with reliability of 0.96 has been used. The statistical population was 2739 women employed in the Education Organization of Arak in 2006, among which 350 participants were selected through random and cluster sampling techniques . The majority of the participants were officially employed, and bout 40 per cent of them had between II to 20 years of service. In terms of marital status and ownership, 91 per cent of them were married and more than 80 per cent of them owned a private home. Descriptive statistics and Freedman Rank Order Mean Test indicate that biological, psychological, personal, scientific, financial , economic, and social problems are not important factors that prevent subjects from participating in physical activities and sport. However, technical, facility-related, administrative, ecological obstacles are respectively effective barriers in preventing the subjects from participating in physical activities and sport.