A Study on the Types of Sports Population in Rural Areas and Towns near the Cities around Wanjiang

By means of questionnaire and literature review, etc. surveys were carried out on the sports participation by people from rural areas and towns around the vicinity in Wanjiang. The results show that, according to the division standard of sports population adopted by this study, the active sports population takes up 7.4%, the constant sports population is 14.3%, the occasional sport s population is 12.4%, while the non-sports population takes up 65.9%. It is also shown there are distinct differences between the different types of sports population in gender structure, culture structure, age structure, fitness consciousness,and physical and mental health, etc; the active sports population and the constant sports population have taken sports activities as an important way to pass their spare time; and family income has considerable influence on the participation types of sports population. The main factors which influence the participation types of sports population are analyzed and some valuable suggestions are