Research On The Correlation Of Dalian International Walking’s Public Participation And The Degree Of Association

By employing the method of questionnaire, psychological measurement, mathematical statistics and documentary literature, the sampling survey was conducted to get an insight to the condition of Dalian public’s participation to Dalian International Walking Festival and their correlation between the degree of participation and subjective well-being. The degree of participation can be manifested from the selection of route length, the purchasing of professional equipment, the session of participation, the willing of participation, the degree of love, the need for the guide of professional walking and so on. At the same time, the subjective well-being was investigated through Oxford Questionnaire of Well-Being. The aim of the research is to compare the degree of the public’s participation to International Walking Festival from the perspective of gender, age, education status, occupation and income status. Meanwhile, the analysis was made to look into the correlation between public’s participation and subjective well-being.The essay can be classified into4parts. The first part is about the research background and meaning. The second part aims to the elaboration of research targets and research methods. The third part is an analysis to the results of research, including the degree of participation between different groups, the aim and the satisfaction of public’s participation and the correlation between public’s participation and subjective well-being. The last part is conclusion and suggestion of research.The conclusion of the research is as follows. First, there are significant differences in the aspects of age and education status; there are no significant differences in the areas of gender, occupation and income status. As to age, the degree of participation of the public over60is less than the one under60. These two age groups differ greatly in the sessions of participation and the degree of love. As to education status, the degree of participation of the public with high school education and above is obviously higher than the one with junior school education and beneath. As to gender, there is no significant difference in the degree of participation between females and males, but different in the selection of route length. Males prefer comparatively long route. As to occupation, there is no obvious influence on the degree of participation whether the public are employed or not. As to income, there is no relationship between income and the degree of participation.Second, there is positive correlation between public’s participation to Dalian International Walking Festival and subjective well-being. Among them, there is obvious correlation between subjective well-being and the indexes of the purchasing of professional equipment, the need for the guide of professional walking, the willing of participation to the next session, the degree of love to walking, the degree of love to sports and the degree of satisfaction to the sponsor’ organization of walking.Last, the reliability of the Questionnaire of National Fitness Participation is high which can be a reference to the similar researches.