The Relationship between the Characteristics of Local Governments and the Operation of Public Sports Facilities

The purpose of this study is to analyze the demographic characteristics of local governments and the use of public sports facilities. For this study, the following results were obtained by conducting frequency, regression, and correlation analysis of local government statistics and public sports facility operation data. First, the operation of public sports facilities undergo many changes in the demographic structure of local governments. It affected the total population of local governments, the population per generation, the elderly population, the elderly discount rate, and the utilization rate of public sports facilities, free use, and the elderly discount rate. Second, the operation of public sports facilities is affected by public and private facilities of local governments. The higher the number of private sports facilities, the higher the utilization rate and usage fee of public sports facilities, and the lower the discount rate for the elderly, which had a relatively greater impact than the number of public sports facilities. If the variables of this study are established with local residents, it is expected to play a sufficient role as a healthy welfare facility by operating public sports facilities suitable for the population structure.