اتجاهات المجتمع السعودي نحو ممارسة رياضة المشي : دراسة ميدانية على مدينة جدة

Abstract EN

this study aims to measure the attitudes of the Saudi society towards walking (athlete walking), and to identify the social, health, and economical factors that influenced the formation of the Saudi society's attitudes toward practicing this sport.

In addition to identifying the impact of the vision of the Kingdom 2030 on the blow-out of walking rite among the Saudi society, the study has used the descriptive method, and questionnaires to achieve these goals.

The study sample consisted of 488 respondents, 354 of whom were females, 134 of whom were males, and all were residents of Jeddah city.

The number of walking athletes in the sample was 247, while those who did not exercise from it were 241.

The study found that 45.3% of those who walk do it in the walkways, and 53.4% of the respondents who practice walking practice it due to their goal of weight loss for a better health.

And that 43.7% of the respondents who walk are doing it for (media awareness of the importance of walking), and 91.9% of the sample walking, believe that the increase in the quantity of public facilities specified for walking has increased the walking rite in Jeddah.