Position and importance on sport activities of youth in evaluation to spare time

POSITION AND IMPORTANCE ON SPORT ACTIVITIES OF YOUTH INEVALUATION TO SPARTIME(TUNCELI SAMPLE)Hakan GOKALPABSTRACTThe aim of this study was temporarily to prove how young populationliving in Tunceli evaluates their spare time by determining what kind of activitiesthey joined, the time that they spent for these activities, the task and tools aboutjoining in these activities.The universe of this research was formed by the young people (15-25 years)living in Tunceli province and districts. The illustration was performed by 1533young people who were chosen among these young people with a randommethod.In this research, a survey was used which was formed by the researcher asa datum collecting tool. The survey was totally formed by closed-ended 53questions towards the personal characteristics, economic characteristics, socialcharacteristics, spare time and sport activities of young people.The datum which were collected with surveying method were solved byusing "SPSS for Wındows Package Program 10,0". For the analysis frequencyanalysis, the research taking the percentage and χ2 tests were used.According to the research, young people living in Tunceli thought that thespare time activities were inadequate and they expressed that a party of activities,especially sport activities should be increased. The young people's habit of doingsports regularly in their spare time was on a low-level (% 18,6) but the habit ofwatching tv was on a high-level (% 26,5).There was a significant statistical differences between evaluation of sparetime activities and habit of doing sports according to the variations of sex, age andeconomical situation of young people.1It is believed that sport plays a role uniting for young people so it will needto an environment suited to their needs to evaluate in their spare time.Key Words: Youth, Spare Time, Recreation, Sports, Tunceli2