University of Guilan Journal of Sport Management and Development 2322-4800 6 1 2017 07 23 Impact of Socio–Economic factors on sports participation in Maragheh Households Impact of Socio–Economic factors on sports participation in Maragheh Households 105 116 2448 10.22124/jsmd.2017.2448 FA Bahram Akbari Ph.D. student in sports management, PNU University of Tehran Fariba Askarian Assoc Prof. of sport management, Tabriz University Salman Jafari M.A. in Physical education, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University Nasim Akbari M.A. in Sport Management, Islamic Azad University, Malekan branch Journal Article 2015 02 20 <strong>Objective:</strong> The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of socio-economic factors on sports participation in Maragheh households. <br /><strong>Methodology:</strong> It is an applied descriptive-correlational research. The research population consisted of all the households in the town of Maragheh. According to the Statistical Yearbook of the province in 2011, Maragheh has the estimated households of 47,982. According to Morgan's table, 386 households were selected as sample by cluster random sampling. The research instrument was the Socio-economic questionnaire (Godratnema, Heidarinejad and Davoodi, 2013). The reliability coefficient was 0.79.  To test the normal distribution of data, Kolmogorov- Smirnov was measured. The analysis of data was done using regression at a significance level of 0.05. <br /><strong>Results: </strong>The results showed that social factors did not significantly affect households' sport participation (P≥0.05). However, the economic factors influenced the sports participation (P≤0/001). <br /><strong>Conclusion:</strong> According to the results, in order to increase the households' sports participation, economic factors are more important than social factors. <strong>Objective:</strong> The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of socio-economic factors on sports participation in Maragheh households. <br /><strong>Methodology:</strong> It is an applied descriptive-correlational research. The research population consisted of all the households in the town of Maragheh. According to the Statistical Yearbook of the province in 2011, Maragheh has the estimated households of 47,982. According to Morgan's table, 386 households were selected as sample by cluster random sampling. The research instrument was the Socio-economic questionnaire (Godratnema, Heidarinejad and Davoodi, 2013). The reliability coefficient was 0.79.  To test the normal distribution of data, Kolmogorov- Smirnov was measured. The analysis of data was done using regression at a significance level of 0.05. <br /><strong>Results: </strong>The results showed that social factors did not significantly affect households' sport participation (P≥0.05). However, the economic factors influenced the sports participation (P≤0/001). <br /><strong>Conclusion:</strong> According to the results, in order to increase the households' sports participation, economic factors are more important than social factors. https://jsmd.guilan.ac.ir/article_2448_3fb9a2f9b6da5179c0ed6789fd6a653d.pdf