A Study on the Settlement Consciousness of Sports Club Participants

This study was conducted to understand the impact of sports club participants' willingness to settle in the local community and sports club activities on local settlements. A survey was conducted on 187 adult men and women living in Korea who engage in sports club activities. As a result of the study, most of the respondents participated in sports club activities for the purpose of hobbies and health management, and as the age of the participants increased, the period of local residence was longer and they were self-residents, and the impact of married people's willingness to settle in and sports club activities on local settlements also tended to increase. In addition, as the time and activity expenses of sports club participation increased, the impact of sports club activities on local settlement also tended to increase, and there was a positive correlation between the willingness of sports club participants and the effect of club activities on local settlement. Participation in sports clubs, as revealed in this study, is expected to be used as basic data for establishing considerable sports policies by corresponding to settlement conditions that can be improved through interest and efforts of local governments and central governments in terms of individual health and urban sustainability.