Years of the research: 2011
Country: Czech Republic
Language: Czech
Keywords:
Abstract:
The article presents an analysis of selected activities engaged in by seniors older adults in the central areas of large Czech towns cities. The authors set out from the assumption that activities are a factor that animate the physical environment and, together with its ? the actual quality of that environment of the physical environment, importantly contribute to the quality of life of seniors. The authors illustrate this on the basis of a sample survey conducted among seniors over the age of sixty living in fourteen large towns around the Czech Republic. The analysis shows that through the activities they engage in seniors are active participants in the rural urban environment. However, the intensity and variability of individual types of activities, as as determined by a factor analysis, are mainly influenced by increasing health limitations, which have the biggest impact on reducing the level and scope of the activities older people engage inactivates of seniors.
Researchers:
Target group: seniors over the age of 60 living in 14 large towns in the Czech Republic
Sample:
N=1001
Findings/outcome/conclusion/research questions:
Surveyed seniors are active users of outdoor environment, both near and far from their homes. The most frequent activity seniors engage in is shopping.
Online publication/reports/links:
http://sreview.soc.cas.cz/uploads/90dbb8d743d6938ef9b7702d6b2e1d49f2d6184e_12-5-08Vidovicova14.indd.pdf
Financed by: Project with public funding
Contact person: Vidovićová, Lucie - http://www.muni.cz/fi/people/11638/cv; Petrová Kafková, Marcela
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