THE FACTORS AFFECTING SELECTION OF PARKS AND RECREATION AREAS FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PURPOSES

Hüseyin ÖZTÜRK¹

This study was prepared with the aim of determining the factors affecting the choice of places for users who come to parks and recreation areas for physical activity. It consists of people coming to the parks in Gaziantep to do sports. SPSS 22 statistical package program was used to analyze the data obtained in the research. For normally distributed variables, t-test was used for two independent group’s comparison, ANOVA and Tukey multiple comparison tests were used for more than two independent group’s comparison, and frequency, percentage and mean values were used as descriptive statistics for this research. It the end of the research, results showed that according to the gender variable, scores of Physical Activity Venue Evaluation Scale do not differ significantly; according to the marital status and smoking variable venue selection subscale scores of Physical Activity Venue Evaluation Scale differ significantly and according to the education status and age variable, inability to participate in activities subscale scores of Physical Activity Venue Evaluation Scale differ significantly. This research will contribute positively to the physical area selection and recreation areas for the parked users. We believe that this kind of study programs and useful results can be obtained for those who come to recreation activities in parks.

Keywords
Park, Recreation, Recreation Area, Physical Activity, Goal,