Document Type : Research Paper
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The purpose of this study was to investigate effective factors of barriers to participate of elder women in recreational sport activities in Alborz Province . Statistical population of research comprised all women over 50 years of Alborz province.The sample was selected by random cluster method among the hole of subjects in Alborz Province also it was according to the geographical distribution of three regions in the center, north and south divide of the province , and 384 objectives were chosen randomly . In order to achieve the research some qualitative and quantitative research methods were used. In the qualitative research approach semi-structured interviews and a Conceptual interview were used. In parts of quantitative research the enventory questionnaire was used and validity calculated was confirmed by 15 professors and experts and the reliability in a pilot study with by the Chroenbach α formula which were calculated about(α~o.83) .Moreover the data analysis, descriptive and inferential statistics ( t-test, Friedman test ) were used by SPSS18 software . The findings showed that social factors , health facilities , economic factors , personal factors and time are main barriers for elder women's participation in recreational sport activities in Alborz Province and the lack of interest and information are not important barriers to participate for elder women in recreational sport activities in Alborz province.
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