Abstract
The present research intends to examine the model for elders’ leisure time. This research is a descriptive-analytical study, reported as applied study. The statistical population consists of the faculty members of universities, managers and specialists at Championship Deputy, General Sports Federation and rural sports federation and the sociologists. To analyze data, both descriptive and inferential statistics were used. In the present research, software SPSS22 was used for structural equation and software AMOS was used for design of model. Results from research led to detect eight factors including managerial-political, economic, sociocultural, health, educational, facility, sports, individual-environmental factors affecting elders’ leisure time. Findings from confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the elders’ leisure time can be used. To sum up, the results from research led to design of model for elders’ leisure time so that managerial-political, economic, sociocultural, health, educational, facility, sports, individual-environmental factors with factor loading 0.9, 0.87, 0.85, 0.84, 0.82, 0.76, 0.71 and 0.63 have the highest contribution, respectively. Further, findings from model fitting indices indicate favorable fitting and confirmed model for elders’ leisure.
Highlights
Aging population refers to one of the phenomena of our time with the least deal with it, accurate progress, the best status in future as forecasted and the most outcomes
Of the issues that demographers and social pathologists have attempted in the past years to confirm warnings about it refers to the phenomenon of middle-aged population that can be considered a risk for a country, because with regard to the statistics in 2016, Iran population will enter to the middle-aged stage, while as said by the experts, Iran has not suitable structures in terms of arrival to the aging period, for which planning should be considered based on population forecasts about the elders’ needs including nursing homes, Food industry in accordance with the elders’ gastrointestinal tract, elders’ leisure time and so on (Vakili, 2011)
Nowadays, needing to plan for leisure time for people is of great importance, because if the leisure time is used properly, this will cause the development for the person, otherwise many problems will raise for the people
Summary
Aging population refers to one of the phenomena of our time with the least deal with it, accurate progress, the best status in future as forecasted and the most outcomes. This goes true in Iran, like many countries, and Iran’s movement to an aging population can be seen clearly. Leisure time is the most important and pleasant time for human beings and a part of hours in human’s daily life that the person engages in rest, leisure, development of awareness or social participation and engages in them voluntarily after liberation from the job, family and social requirements.
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