Type | Journal Article - International Journal of Research in Management |
Title | A study of sport portion in householdconsumption basket in different regions of Shiraz, Iran |
Author(s) | |
Volume | 4 |
Issue | 5 |
Publication (Day/Month/Year) | 2014 |
Page numbers | 25-38 |
URL | http://rspublication.com/ijrm/2014/sep14/3.pdf |
Abstract | The purpose of the present research was tostudy of sport portion in household consumption basket in Shiraz with an emphasis on Deprived, Semi well-fixed and well-fixed regions of the city. This study is an applied and descriptive survey study. The population included all households of Shiraz to a total of 441,784 households within 10 regions in 2014. The sample consisted of 400 households who had chosen by the Morgan Table in the multistage cluster and randomly. The instrument was a researcher- developed questionnaire in three parts of demographic, attitude and level of physical activity and sports expenditure of households that the validity and reliability was confirmed. Data analyzing was done by descriptive and inferential statistics and the income elasticity determination method. The results indicated that howeverthere is not a significant difference (p<0/05) betweenhouseholds attitudes to sport and physical activity based on their residentialstatus (p>0/05), there is a significant difference (p<0/05) between sport expenditures of households on the basis of individual differences (education, occupation). 0/83 percent of deprived, 1/03 percent of semi well-fixedand 0/79 percent of well-fixed household region expenditures were devoted to sports. Sport is considered as a necessary good in the semi well-fixed and well-fixedhousehold regions and it is considered as a luxury goodin deprived regions. |
» | Iran, Islamic Rep. - Population and Housing Census 2011 |