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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969 h t a i City of Denton j Parks and Re4reatioii Department i I9ie L,ri,iira Behavior, Attitudes, and Optniom: Of t.h;; ('o ens of I~;iton, L str,: _ 7 i 1 i j 1 A Study Conducted for the Denton harks turd Recreation Doparbnent mid th(t city of Denton i by titio , canton porky and Roc-roation ale partment witlt the asyistanec of Vie t Physical I?ducati.on and Rocreation Ikpartments of North Toxas Stato Wivorsi.ty Taxas iYoman'y lhtivorsity 1lnivorsi.ty of Illinois (Field 5rrvice% DIV15ion) . t i City of .~E92tD92 t 1hl~tr~,icr.l~a'l, Building, De'rttn~2,`Cxtt~s 76lOj PARKS AND It17t;kI:ATION b13PA121h1tN'f January 1970 `ilie Honorable L. A, Nelson, Mayor City Council i City of Vinton, Texas Dear Mayor Nelson: I am pleased to stilpnit this report, '17ie Leisure Behavior Attitudes Iuid Opinions of the Citizens of ILuton, oxas, totety TL c Vie Parks and Recreation Department staff, with the assistance of both North Toxas State thi.ivorsity and Texas Woman's Wvorsity, i conducted the analysis, compiled the data fund authorized this report, ~ E Assistance in establishing an Instrtnnent Of study and in the data , handling during the Initial stages was &bJiven by Ur, Gcorgo Lowery, Jr., Associate Professor at tho University of Illinois Ibe results of this report are of the utmost importaneo to the over- all plan of development of the Donton Parks and Recreation Department, E i This report, in correlation with dic existing updatod Master plan, should give us it better understtmding in planning future facilities I and programs I~ i ~ J The full cooperation of the Park Board, the departanent stiff:', lecnl govollimontai, alld educational officials ;aid volwtl:eer citizen; has been M03t helpful and is acknowledged tvith deep app7,octat.ion, Sin rely, , ' , Iti+onard Ll,rlor, „r, Director, Parks and Rocroation Lbnton, Texas IAJ: bb { k . 1. r .LI. S: 5..~- ?3 l -.a EJ''. l.lr. S.~).')1 Y -:v o .d i'0 - ...r a ..W. .J v-.:.. r 1.111 t .nB .r:{ 1 f["r.$ Ya cit {l Sv{1. {l{ia.~'['. TAI11.11 OF MM'I,\r'j Acknowledgemont . . . . List of TEabLes . . . . . . . , . , . List of Figures . . . . . . . Profaco . . . . . . . . . . . . i Chapter , I . 7Ni1ti1AM M 01' 111H INSTRlMMI.. . . . . . . . . I i Dentographic Tune Use L.eislire Bohavior Attitudes and Opinions + 11. 1118 SURVLiY 5 111. DATA ANAYLIS Statistical Description mid Inf©rence i To niinology IV, PIUMN"c'A'1'ION O.H 9BUL.TS . . . . . . . . 15 Connnuiity Characteristics v.o Time Uso Loisure Behavior . V. SMNARY AND NWOR WOOMINLN'1'IONS. 47 c , BIBLIOGRAPHY. . . . . , 59 i L I 1i ii ME ! a To Dr. George Lowrey, kssociatc Professor, Ihrivers ty of Illinois, who suppliod its not onty with the foi-nat by 0iidi this survey was I designed but 'also dio v,+lidolines noedod to compile the excollont data when comploted, wo are deeply grateful I { iM s r1 I ! I i i 1 . I I . i ! 1 ! MEME , Lls r OI: TABLES i I, Balance the sexes g 2, Pop ulatiolr-hlcome Cotup<<rison . . ' • . ' . . . . , 1.1 F . . . , , 3. l?ducation. . . . . . . .1.9 OCCLq)Eltioll , . • . 21 5. Working Ilnurs by Percentage . . . . . 2?. 6. (:00nitted Fleeting Tillie . . . . . . 23 7, Time Available for RecY04ticn. 23 8. 'l'ime Available for Recreationl. G g, Rank Order Use of vacilitles . . . . ?G 10. Facilities Used outside waton-Adults. . . . ' ' . 26 11. pacilities Used outside 1lYnperiod (Adult) 27 12. Activity l art ic.lpntian " 28 13. Activity Participation-30 Day Period (Youth) 29 ~ 14 "Ctivity Participatl.on-Pearly Rst.imate . . 39 • . I 15. Radio Listeniirg. 43 16, Recreational llacilities Needed (Adult) . 44 17. Recreational Programs. Needed (Adult) 18. Improvements Recopmondod for L'xistng 44 Ws Facilitios and Programs. . . . ` 19, Recreation Progrmos Needed for 45 Commmity Iluilding 20, How Do You Wst Often Ilear About 45 , Recreation Programs. 45 21, Who Would You Prefer as Sulx~rvisiors (Youth)?. 4b 46 22, 4V1io 511ou1d Pltltl Youth Programs? . , 23, What Activities Should m, Providod For iylrl>7 . i . . i . I I I iv j 1 1 t irw,zv} I PON! I N+ ~ 1,151' 01" I' i(iUlns i Rife' , Age 1 j 2. I'ducat.ionnt Lovel . , , 3. Adult In co 116 i Cme... 4. Marltnl Srntus. 16 K 5. Children. 17 . . . . . . 17 6. Ago blstr«bution. 18 7. Item Ctwtcrshlp. . . . . , , . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 81 Yout11 I11Co11k). , . . . 20 1 9. TV viewing. 22 10, Vacation ` n1c Sint in' Ix~atott . . . . . . . 24 Choral Satisfaction with Parks nn(i Rocroation in Denton . . 40 12. q)inlnns Regarding [lark Department q rntions 41 13, {?p1aIians atrci Attitudes 01' Fisc<<l I>o1:Gcy . . . . . . . . . 42 lit. MIscollattemm Attitudes . . . . . . . 43 i I~ { LI i , i f I` C cc 11I1l'At.l;~ 1110 t.aty of !~'n II NCLUA11V v1'g ur a..1,'d a illtl 111ij(, l~i1r~', r,UU~ I21~.;1 f'i1~ 11711 department wifli a diroctor 1n March of 1>t4, Now, five years .laYc r, Iv(! f:el ~ it is time to ovcllnatc it;? paojlfrc:;:; rand grin ni,c?((d direction, ilic study ' groups that were organized prior to 1964 did an excellent job in laying the i base for our present department, Since that time however, tho city has + witnessed manly changes that will certainly dictato its future plans. Because of these changes Enid the rabid growth of our city, the Park t Board and flan dopartment w'ainistration staff recognized a coal need to uh- grado its blaster Plan, Subsequently, the director's office has undertaken .7 a survey of leisure behavior, attitude, and opinions of the citizens of the City of Menton. 'llie basic purposes of 'dais survey were: I ry 1. TO collect data which the department mloit use to gain a bettor „ Understanding of t•helr citizens, both adult and yomt:h. I y 2, 'Co anve:;t.lgate how people (make use of their t9nlo with an emphasis i upon the use of 101SUre or disposable tinu!, 3. To look at the patteatrs of leisure behavior in tr±irlls of t'acilitios used and activities engaged in. E 4, To tmeo taIlr the galwraal coil c<nsus of opinion :aid l1t0tudes toward i { 1 various operations, methods, fiiunciral practices., Auld naeds fur 11001 fdcJHH(%s and programs, Such data, ml collcc.tud, bill asslsl. the di.tectur and tho bo"o'd In estv'.)lishiltg guidollnes for develolnuout of both facilities and pmr,grams irl ow. coming yours, Milo nu hard and Last predictions for the futuro call be niado on f this data alone lt: will be it major factor In Indicating di,roction, neod and priority, 1 -t i i i (11Ap'i'f:k 1 i DEVELOPM1N'1' OF 1111'. INS'P12I N'I' 1J In accordance with the four-fold purpose of the study, four distinct types ~ of information wero to be sought, '191080 were: Irmo ra chic From the Greek "demo", megntng of the people, and "graphic", menning to describe, comes this tot-v to donoto information describing the caniniUnity char v, actoristics, Information ?n this classification includes age, sex, marital 3 status, education, incono, geographical location, occupation, place of work, i family size and for youth, grade placement, allowenico and oarrings, etc. Both I: adults and youth were to be asked about the ownership of certain items which gave I insight into what the people arc; like. 'l hlo Use To arrive at some idea of disposable time it would be necessary to determine present time use in all categories. Qu,stions in this classification include working hours, scliool hours fo) youth, attendanco at required meetings, free periods during tho week, vacation time, vacation period and whother the vacation F was spent In fbnton or trot, J r~ Loisure Behavior i ' Leisure behavior is difficult to acces:i but for purl)osos of planning there was coricoill with What activities people partlcipatc.~ in mtd approximately flow often they participate. It might also be useful to know if these activities E 'I are most often rnAagod in at 1101110 of at. some other facility. A Awrilt measure- . went was the extent: to which such activities were done alono, with the fancily, i friends, or some csrgtatiz0d l;rouli, iktoriiuiation of the facilities most used, troth inside and outside Wilton was also a fine indicator of loisure bnhmv ov. q 4A .lip. .1{..t' F6.. ....1 ..ll ..i .tee.- tii_ . ..r . 2 Attitudes and unions lxtronaely long quesLi.onnai.rc~s or intervi.ety sC11ej'cles could be developed to appraise attitudes and opinions, it: IF, necessaiy therefore, to cc3re.fully define what. infonnation was iwst useful loud 11 reel: the gtaest.ioniitl; along those lines. In general, there was conceal witli people's attitudes toward the involveatent of government on the local level in ptttviding faclitics and pingnuns for a ifs recreation service, Consideration was also given to finding out what types of f facilities and progrcuns the people des:ircd and what improvoments thoy felt were ~ I f c needed, Also of interest were the reasons why people do nc;t participate in i activities they consider desirable. Ilia final conceni was to assess goneral 1 attitudes toward the conuaaunity, the parks and itocreution Iktparhmont, mid opinions concerning existing prol,r.uns and fec4l.tj,os. Iu t:hc yottC}t survay several very spec.ific opinions concet•Iting the planning and superv.isloai of youth wq progrtmts, progrmmai.ng for girls, Wid programiaing at the existing; recreation contor ` facility i+eic thought to be worthy of inrll.5.10111 To clecrciase the cost of such Et study It was decided to inake use of a self- , adminisLerud questionnaire that could be delivered and picked up orlna:ilod back. I1ils Is it morn difficult method of collecting data than an intorvlew schodulo a~ j but muc)1 more ecollenllcal in tei7ns of t1we and cost, Th.. cfrief dlffi.ctt.lty occurs in devising quostians which are not ambiguous alld which elicit the kind of. lnfor, a mratlort sought, Ilia questionnaire must not be too difficult, too 1.011-,, not, too a:t l personal curd' yet it must dctoillaine poop.tecs egos, .income, personal opinions and "behavior during a porlod of thlo usually very personaiize~! Icisure, ' Upolve htvidred adult quostionnatres, tc_-n distributed throughout the city j 1411ch wil'i divided into six areas. Nnii&r of questiatutaii•os were distributed E lit eac1i aron according; to its density, Oily about 34 poe cent of those iaere r aa► M\ retunted by volturteors or by mai 1. Tic youth's research .inst rtuikmt went to fourteen htuu9red studcttts, grad<!s six through teit, 11l l of :heso wrre rt'.i.urnod i although soma wre very) incpmpleta grid not valid. Although the adult: program 1 was disappointing, the results wore, rocordod and no additional attnmFj)L5 vero made to supplomcnt this sampl.ingl i rw~ i e,1. c I i if 1 I f. ice. EI c V I (F k'~ i L } } P }I J 1 4 F i :cr 7 i t 1 a l'.r r wu ..e .r r... ae r. L.+~.. :..r .y.a._♦ ,n, 5.. n.. 4 L tA4 z T, F: i cIIAPriit II w TI11; SURLILY It would have been extremely costly, ' Y, von if it }tact bean possible, to question every resident of i)enton, rortwlatcly, -i.t was not necessary since tite Sallie results could be obtainedi t}rrough the uSC of a samplo, A sample may be thought of as a place of. reality as it is seers through the eyes of rnvny reporters,"1 Survey techniques have been devol.oped to a point tvlrcre, extremly valid restrats +naY be obtained throunh the use of a rolatively small sctmplo of , total population. Suc1t a SWI)Ie DIUSt bo a random scunple, !random sanplet, are those in w}rich eves single irtdividual in the total populat ion be.in6 ; s I tudiod }ins equal probability o of j being selected, The laws of probabilitY g are then bein= ~ invoked and such samples. are sometimes torot,n as probability S mpi;,s, Random samples generFtte statistics which arc the bast estimates of popula- lion parameters, In essence, a steal-Stir is a number sturunarizing some aspect of the star>irle which is used to ostiniato the stun, aspect i.tt tiro population being stud iod, This same stunriiarix.ing IlUmbaar in the population is called a parttniater, t'or exam;t.lo, If (computed from our (Iata) ilia sampl.o has at1 avernge age of 42,6 thou it can t>e astimtod, t}tat the popul t.lon of Imntort as a whole his tit ttvcra o 42,G, F gc of Iho !Jest ntdnbor, known to be trite, is rt statistic; t}te secoitcl ntmtber is I the bolt guess, bttsecl on tho sautple, of the true; situation in tiro Whole ritY u nd , this munbor is an estimate of the partuncter, 11 en the sample is reprosentativo one may generalize taus estiaato al l parameters true of the population; thus, through the use of a small random saluple, the trite sitttnt.ion .pl the +uhole city can be estimated steel cloc_Isions Lased, with a high degree of Confidence, upon the ` ro, trl is obtained, r 5 1 P G f~ For Denton) it was decided to select two s~anipl.es, one of adults and one of youth. 'llie adult questionnair0 by randomly Selecting 1.200 households from approximately 10,000 in Denton. Each questiore"ai.re was de3.1verod either to the ntan or lady of the house on a random basis, The youth Of Benton High 5(_1001, Denton Junior Highs, and some random srunpling of 6th grade elementary school children were also surveyed, In the high school approximately 200 students; prude 10, here ti selected on a random basis to receive the qucstlonnaire, In tho AnJor Highs approximately 1000 students; grades 7 to 9, were surveyed during their homoroom period. ]n the elenientnry level 200 students were surveyed from grado b, Nxcellent cooporation in gathering the data was provided by the administrations of the high school, jtulior highs, and elementary school rind their staff. The parks j ' and Recreation Department gathered a corps of nearly 150 adult and student vol.urt- teors in the city to help distribute the questionnaires. The volunteers were asked j to follow-up on the respondents and urge them to complete and return the questionnaire. Fach volcuiteer deliver(, at least: 10 quostionnaires and either followed through 171 to.lephone or personal visit, Approxin_rtely 1200 ruestiom Giros were actually delivered Iti I to the house holders wid 14 to tlic childron critogory, An adult retum of 400 gives a return rato of 33 per cent. Since a dotarini tod level of 700 usable returns was the goal, this represents disappointing resu1.ts. Of tho nearly 1400 youth questlontial Iles there was a usablo .1320 ot• 89 per cone, For the purposes of .ntra-city comparisons the respondents weee asked to indicate in which of six areas they resided. A cross tnbutatioit of area WId sax Shows the extent the law of probnbil.lty distributed six in the sample by each of the three areas, llii s is Illustrated in the table on the +'ollowllig prigs { ~T is ~l TABLh i Isaltut~'c of t1u; Jexe~ ~ Youth Area Male lutuate_ Total NIkIIber 1 9 5 86 181 2 158 1.37 395 3 108 135 24 3 4 27 56 83 5 56 49 105 J 6 126 187 313 ~ i 'total S70 750 1320 Adult Y4 1 20 25 45 2 63 82 1.45 2.1 33. 4 ' 1 10 25 27 52 i S 27 24 51 42 76 34 221 400 179 7ottti i Having used a random selection teclinitIeie p;v are rel'~t:.ve y sure of the ropresontativeness of Our sOitple, NotTUrxlly thexi, arv checks; to validate thIL., I confidenco, such as comparing some of they sample results with results of sur- ' ! veys, most notably the U, S. Cep stis, The inftlequenv/ of the Census eliminates its use for an onfy amparison and a check with the following iil,,tining orgunlzatlon rovealod very little up- to-date data. North Texan Council of C><.sveniments, (1967) Almanac, Texas highway T r Report (1965), the 1'T;xa I.mployrnent Gouunistiion Report (1965), and Lho 1960- 1985 City of D:~Ilton Comprolwnsive Plan all depend pr.imavii), can consras data, although each of flivin Computes revised estLuates for Cortain types of data. w, For exmnple, the up-dated City of Iknnton Comprehensive Plan for 1.967 comparod with our smple shows: TABLI: 7, Population - Income Comparison Denton Conprohensi.vo Leisure Behavior Plan 1967 5urvy I969 Nbdian lncone _ M $8,689 $11,5z5 , Population 39,828 43,551 'Ibo only variable in this median is that the predominately lots income area of the city had lass than 7% response, We know, of course, that the jx)pulation has been increasing by about dig per year, Nine per cent (91) of tlho 1968 estimate of 39,864 is 3,588 which, when ' added, equals 43,452 for a late 1.963 05thlate, Also with tho spectacutar rise r in the cost of living it is reasonable to assiine a similar increase in £wnily i income, 1110 Texas r ployment (armniss.ion estimates family size in Denton at 3,9, Ora' ~ yamPto Indicates a fafazly_sixe of 4,4, [his can In pant be accotartcd for by the low median age, of adult.; and the very high Incldcrtce of two parent fwa3.11cs, There are fewer older poople, fewer shiglrs, and fewor fonilios with chJLdren who have loft ho m" all thoso of which fiend to bruit; tJno family sfzo dotiar. I i.~ ' i CHAPTER III ! I-AAA ANAI,YS f S Some undcrstaliding of. the procedures 11sed in handling Lilo data as well i as a basic understlulding of the statistic It teclirlidue is 110cossaiy for interpre tation of the results. V01' purlxlses of deci:;ior} milking 0110 must be Confident that tho real meaning of the data Ln clear. Statistical Description all(] Inference There are basically two types or stntistica into1.11rotation invaiued in any analysis. Tho first, is called descriptive statistics and im'olves the C0111pUtat10115 Of "11014 11kIlly", "what: Sixol" ' how Often", "who", etc, It concerns itself with merely describing the sltutation as It is and slowing !;tng11e relation- ships. Novo rtheloss , most survey analysis studies consist primarily on this type of lnterpreta`Ann and it is extremely useful. Considorable latitudo and roots for differences of opinion may occur with 1 tho socond type of statistics known as Inforential statistics it Is hcnY we ti try to determino such questions as IVlly" tatd L'0 predict Outcomes fit a later date. Fairly complox rolationshi.ps are computed and inforences drawn from the results. de !1 rigorous, logical estimate; The fu11C'tion of lnthrential. statistics is to provide of the imbability that duly error ilwolvod i.s small, liolvown", if rigorous and t lobical procedures are used, cnrlsido['ahlu cculficfenc! call be. li'aced in ostimates based oil a.suiple, t•i01ntD infezvnti:i' St'2iti. ics will ;tppcai' in tlllt- rel'ort".with i some suggestion', for forthcr data analysis 'dealt", these 1i,11es. Terminology In order that the material hi IhIS study n1i1y bE, cniancut •cated to army difforont individunls It is necessary Oat: COUT10I1 owe)-standing be reached oil what is meant by the terms used. '111e foilowiilg &!flnit:ions a11d examples 'Oloulcl j prove very helpful tbough ii.lil tai uw w111 his made of tec.1mical temms only when ~1 1 10 necessary to clarify a point, u0stio1ulai 1•e ; '1110 instrlm,ent used to gather the data; in lhi;r case, a se1~ ~ulministerad mail back type. { Res ~ondent Ille person filling out the questitmnnl.re one iulit of' tho sample. 5tnn 110 LA The aggrovato of respondents the total nwibcr of people completing the Alit questionnaire. , Observation i 'llio data Crow one respondent; the answers on all gnostions from one respon- dent, {F Variable The data from one question; the answers 1.0 0110 question from all respondents{ page t~ The number of respondents wisworing any one quostion; rite nitmber of t' observations for one varlablo, Nre uenc j' 'Me number of rospondents giving the same value to once variable. A _J question having only two values, for exiunplo "yes" turd "no" forceillage , The frequency divided by, the brie rued conver"od to a new bazw equnl to 1011, f 1 Percontaps arc so conunon as to need no f!a~thor definition and ore snore useful for comparisons than the actual numbrr of th09o nnsr,c~rifig. i. j In addition to the proceoding very coilnion torms we must de1?ine cortain t i } t,f statistics which will. be used f1•equotl:ly. , , ~ iu{ [s 1 P~ , . . r.. . 'r 0.r. r.• ..rill 1 ' .r.l a.. 1er• tl. r. tr. r _t•. - i1YYY4•.4{ni},1] b 11 r Mean A measure of central terutcnc.y do-scribing how ans'wora balance each rather, E Colmlonly Called the '+vr r"Wo. Use.*ful when the data is fairly nannal .in distri- bution with no high answers or law answers (outliers) which are not typical, Conij+uted by adding PH values f:or^ a vari".rble wrd dividing by the base, Modi.rnt Another measure of central tendency which is defined as it value abovo I tole ch 50 firer cant of the ruiswer lie mid of course bolow which 50 per cent of the answc"i•s Zia, The exact m_ i wint, Mode, i A final measure of central tendency dofinod its the answor most frequently t t &0 veil. Ilia most t rlettl. austcer, Bach measure of central tendency is useful for (ioscrib:ing how imswers are grouped, : 5on>c aro mare appliciible in certain situations thati others, Sou the exulples [it fable 3. TAPLL' 3 l?ducation Grade hrcec Lena Per Lent. 1, 7 7 $ 113 ~ )ttutge u 14 yetus R 26 6.7 icfart 12.74 years of school 0 1~ 3,0 Medial) ~ one year of co11.qo 10 3 R Mod; ~ t2 year!; of school ! 11 21 5,.1 ; No 1Utswor = vane 1.2 8.1 ?.1..5 ! Omit d. , r i loos»'+ J ; (nl-1rt7ir iecnu~nt•:} Pol. C"erit 1 i 1 i H;-~wik• ld 6,1 3 l5 4 ;6 iq.d o~ r 66 lb !1 i 6 4 1,0 7 " 13 3,4 Total ;591 100. (J ! 17te inocle in this dast.11button shows that the largest, percentage c0ullil~2ted the twelfth GZ) gradb (2.1,5%), it is the most typical score, rho me'tlittn 6ho""'s that oxac:tly half (504) have educatioll beyond 11[p h sc}~oo.1 wicl SO'$ fro +n e s ixtli ('S) t i i 1 gra:da tltroilgh the twolfth (12) grade, The MOM is influences) by the high (Z1,35j) parcontap?, laving punt grruh+ate co.llego lgork nJtcl .ts slightly higher shawill4', tile average oducation to IM' soul:where in the freshman year of college, ; Qt fn ad.lition to the throe me.esures of r:rntr;i1 teiuh?itcy we aYo ratf;a runcotjted k R'JI with how the scoressproad out. No fairly rafAmolt Musttres of this Variability area tho mine attd the ,t jida d dj vi,ation, r i The dif:ferciico bctu ct tl~v hilhost votuc and the 1(-most va.Lue. In Tablo 3 the rrtitkr Is fshntvi to lie z`':,iat•t;fcu (11) gt~ar5, ur from gr.tdc six (+s) t}trough, the ! 1 'A nincteentIt (10) hradu or. Iii,.- e flans 11f r t i y flans 5tl+cjy, Stantlavc[ WVlation All ri very stable w0a:n-trc'loi1put1acl so G'tcit firs't of,' all ti1100S fall soithitt oat :>tandard slevintion ofit n.Ith(v silo of the nr:tn. Aiso 90% or ut1 values fall i within ttm ;;taftdord dcvint.ions on cihrw side ()I' the iwan. t rl Si w. Nv7N) ('iIN@y1 IM Other torms used occasionally are: Correlation A statis0c indicating the antattnt of: relatiansbip between two variables. We,iriigltt say for example that AWX and golf att.) highly C_F)rrelat(!d in that, con- siderably more men than women play golf', Cross-tabulation A cross -tab•ilacion is a two-way frequolicy e7ble snowing reiutionships hetwerti I two variables. i_ Analysis of this study will report pr.imar ly the following, 1. Percentages of respondents answering questions owed on the Yunber answer- lag and occasionally on the total yamplo for comparison purltoses. i 2, 'rho measure of central teadoncy to Indicate how people groig) t w lr j MISWOrS to Certain que5tietlS t 3, Me simple rolatioiiships between various quostions with the usr of the ~N correlation cooff.ictent when applkahlc and crow-tabLd tit ions for other (19.0. 1 ~ II~ j I f3'pL JIl~k4f J 1 1 1 r f k ! j 4 ,l . ~fl j I r,f ! i t I OW 15 rN CHAPTER IV ~ PRESENTATION OP RESULTS 71tis u}iapter Swill prosent the data as collected in the questi.onnairo, Tables ~ and .figures presented are for clarification of the text and il.lr>stration of isnpor' bo given in Chapter V. For thoso inter- ri Mutt findings. A swmriary of the data will. ested in comploto tables of all data, a supplemout has boon prepared and is available from the Menton Parks and Recroation Department. Coimiunit C9rarFrcteristics j As indicated in the preface, one purpose of the gtthoving of data was to better describe the citizenry of Craton, A thorough wdcrstai,dlng or its public being served is absolutely necessary to the decision process. 'Cho median age of the adult sample was 43 years, 'llais is lr d'.lcnt.ivo of a relatively normal population ago since most suburban comntmities ha%,n a modian age of over 4o years Figure ACT , Lj 66% ;.i hban 42,8 ell Ag 76 Age ] 6 _ ~hledtan 43 t , sot 509 - • , 1 .6 'Ilse median educational level of the adult sample was 14,5 years, or stated more simply, 50% of the population has bettor than two years of college work, , 1110 reverse is also tx•tte since 18,3046 of those resprnncling adults have not completed high school, The most MUSUal stOtistic of this sample showed that 21$ of those responding havo gone beyond college four year dcgiree work which shallAy offsets the high drop-out percentage, It would probably be better to say that 21,95$ have completed high school and 10.801, have completed ow lege, , Viguro ? . NDUCATIONAI, 1d; EL + i 10.80 - 1 partial I 1 beyond s college College 18.30$ 21.95% 18,95`i 19,80% 21,00$ fl tisted high camp Qte ]College t+ i ! t 81, 70$ l tl~~ t The median ftunily income of the samplo was $1,2,575,00, 'I Onty-five and nine-tenths percent fall In the income range of. $10,000 to $14,999, fitly 14,9$ had'incomej of taidot $5,000,00. Figure 3 ADULT IN(YJI-2 r=~ r i , i Modian $120575 Motut $120950 r ~ 11 1 I TIIO 14.x$ 23,35$ w.« 27,41 I 21,1G$ j8,.38$~~~ 6,82$ i4 Ib11a gads of S 10 1.5 20 30 11 z A to Y:S 17 Ihe City of Iknton is cheeracterized by ilir, two parent frtmi_Iy with 88.74% indicating they were married and only 12,26% indicating they were single, divorced, m. separated or Saidowod. 91.50 of those eurse,ering indicatod -lie), had (1ildret. [give people did not wswer. The calculation of 1,9 children per family and the pre- ponderent evidence of two parent famines gives a family size of 3,8 which is somewhat smaller than estimated by other -,Luc! ea which indica-o a 3.9 family size, `1110 modei age (most typical) is 6 to 11 years for children, Figure NUTITAL STNI US ,x...._.....,.3.14% divorced or separated wG 36% single(not. married) 5,76 widowed 88, 74 % % wrried i pigttre 5 i 8,4% No 611, S% Yes i 4 Of" 11 1 18 j~ Figure G AGE: DIS'I'RIBII'I'IUN - MILDRIiIV - ------AGE over 14 years la,2o~ ~ AM, 6,11. years I 45,55 - ACdi 1 S years , i AGF: 12-14 yearn 20.56 I Using the United States Census classifications for occupation, two MaJor groups emerge in I>anton for the chiof wage earners. Neatrly 117% Hall into the ~I oategory of professional, technical and educational teachers, In constrast, is that of laborors at 8.25%. The fourth largest is Ole next largest, category that of c:raftsimn, foreman types of workers. It may be noted with interest that '4 I z no respondents were fwniiars, or faun laborers and 4.37% of those responding were 1 { i retired which is relatively ..high for a city the site of Ilenten, 79ta poor. r~` 3 bswco of any respondents showing private ~ response from Area 3 r ~ras notes! in the l rat household worker category. It, is from this Area 3 that most of the domestic i4 ; workers in the City com 1 w F Thoso responding indicated that 72,32% work in Wnton acrd 27,68% are employed ~Y~ IS I outside its corporate limits, y i es c2:Yhillp{ I 1.9 Table 4 1 CX;CUPATION Percent [educational '['cachors N•1~1 23.00 Professional, 1'ecinical 23.39 F'aiiuers F, Farm i+lan,zgers Q Managers, OlTicials, Proprietors 6.87 Clerical quid Kindred 7.33 Crartsmon, Foremi'ui 7.79 C)l,l,raters 6,43 Private ilousehold Worker 0,0 Service Workers 3,66 i Farm Laborers f, Forentaui 0,0 I l.aooiers 8,'lS r Sales Workers 6;88 Military :Service { Never Employed 0.0 i + j Student; 1,37 itetii•ed 4.'57 the data reveciled that TV an<i aMto ownership is near wiAuti1+aus with 98.5] 0 owning a 'Al and 97,92% owning an autonrobile, 11011x, ownci•ship was not as high j as otpected due to the apartment living troad,possibly, iieme oi,mersh.ip was only r 86.26%. See Figure 7. The youth sample tAOn from 6t1h through 10th grades reflect items owned by 7 youth or iteus, of which youtli_havo oxclus.i.vo use shows record players as top (4l+kt1L I 20 with bicycles a close second. Only 19,32% own autombiles which is fairly high considering than it is wilikely prior to age sixteen. Figure 7 ITEM CiMMIT11 I 98, 51$~ : , 97,92$ 86,26° 85,12$ 33% 38,13% ew I 6,44% aI [ tone 2,92$ 1'V car houio hi-li bicycle rei let boat mio or a i ei j The average al.lowanco per week for youth was 1,25 , although a large percentage (11.4%) reported no allowance. hamings, witli approximately double C 28.0 reporc ing none, average and somewhat higher at $2, 00 p(ir week. Figure 8 YOU111 INU)N l tai ~ I Allowance l none at all , °lian~ings r, 2 g~ a h I 2 none at all I r. ON OP" aka , Lu a r '~$.C'.. $7-P $,4T,b""rr. $g . $5 ..$1.0.:()Vt'l, $1 $10 ►a f i1% VA9 .v 1 Time- Use F4011 Dui tigertcy such as the Parks and Recrr ati.on Dep1rtutcnt of the City of ~ Denton, whoso ftnlction is the provision of ohhort.uni.t;ies of both facilities and ii programs for the use of le:i sti,•^ 1 thero is fill ititctest in the tir~te-use pafitot~7s I w. of tiie public tutd riiost: particularly the .vaij,,jj l.e io;istne, Denton adults primarily in the upper white collar toorkitig classifications, are not limited to the 40•11our week, llw average working week is 45 hours and fully S806 of the poinIlatiott works tttovo than 40 hours ivr week. An tutttsuul high j y porcentage (12.3M) work in excess of 65 hours per weekY r JJ~ r. 'I'a!~le S i t lMPKING ti0U16 BY P1iRt1iN'1'AG1a* F hone to i4 Itotn•s gi, , 15 to N hours 1¢, 1 25 to 34 hettrS 71; I 35 to 44 hours 45 t:o 54 hours 299a S5 -o 64 hours 12; 1 i 65 or unre hours l'26 j _ At } percentages rotutded o.'f I Wotings, both the voluntary quid tho comptlWve require falother 5 houta per ~ week. Vie average time spont in meetings of a required naturo was 2.5 with <vt IC egt.tal amount of iitOj 2.5 hours, given vo.lunteraly, 1 i h i 4 •r r. a'. J i nlr,.l a s (l.sl. 1 1 J.. it NN' a 2~ 1 Table G CUhrII1!'fill hi'MING TI h4: ! I 'LIMY" Meetings none 1-5 6-to 10 1S over, 15 j "V01Luatoer" hJeetirtgs 43$ 4< T75 $ ' 9% 6$ 2,0% ,S$ !'elevi.sion viewing for adutts was high but not excessive with a I ~ imately 2 Hours talcl 15 mintates iper &j), pprox spent in flbnt of tlav set. This niay be converted oaa 8 weokty basis to 15,75 `hours, Figure 9 l TV VIEWING i ~ 25. S% ~ n.4$ i _ 17,5% 14.4$ ~ ill lk ( U. 3$ 1 4.5% 1 f r 4.7 11.8a 1912$ 23.5% 1.3.5 1.0 5$ f None 1/2 hr, t3. 5$ 2 Mrs, ;1,hrs, i ; t Mrs, 5' ITS. 6 or more s f ADMT hours :01 You~lt , 9'ipies availablo for recreational usa ,as exivct:ocl slarnved for t.l.o tlmo slot a laigia rerretltage , 7 8 1~,A4, Solo Ling this tiuio Mere 35,27% tiY.{th about half that poreentage, 18,071 and 19j89% indicating E'roe Limo at 4 - G turafter , 8 ""l, Cross tribulation with sex reveals that t bile' ,dots cltiring the day wore k ! } i chosen ny femalo mispond{ants and that available Unto for males (1u)'in k tJae week tivas pri,ntirlly rafter 7 P.M. Weekends and vacation lierlo& would be t)ae only ae! j other sub3, tanial blocks of time avail.ab]e for tiie vast rnal'ori J ty of adults, I ~ I x1 Ali 23 i Tab I c: 7 TIME AVAILABLE FDR R4TPI-AHOn' (DiStributiotl by sex for each time slot. IIN r1 .1_I~~1 Periods 110110 before .0 9-12 1.3 4-6 7-8 after 8 Male 50% 80% 2,11 8% .394; 607 4A iemal0 50% 20% 76% 90% 61% 33$ S2Q { j * A11 ho rcen Cages rowided off.' 3 rF Ta1.le 8 TlMhl' AVAILABLE FOR RU,Rf',ATIUNv:k { (Distribution by tune slof for each sc).) ! Time Periods i 11011e before 9 9.12 1 3 6 7-8 after 8 f,y Malo 7. 95% 2.38% 3.25`,, 2,500 11.,30; :15.27% 19189 female 75% 3.551, 8,750 71690 18,0 % 19 01% 10.21% 111ti Note: Percentages do not add to 1001 duo to each vespondeni beanf able to check more than one time siotl t Vacation time ranged from one week co moth ti1aJ1 tuc, rrrmt:lls 'ill tolipth with r~x 42.58% b1d'i.chting a two week period and tutodler 20.7:3` saying tltat, they Half uioro than threc, weeks. A fairly substanstial segment.' indicatod a,vacration time of throe weeks - 16117%. 5lxty-five percent take their viwation during tile moliths of July rand August. Of feat interest i t the fa"t that ;18.630 spend tboir Vacation {I ) outside (amen le<aWng 61.371 who spend from onc-•' nu1`th to a7.1 of their Vacati-on 17eriod ill Dawn, - ,:r I I 24 Figure :10 VACATION TIM3 SYlirll' IN DI MWN _I NOMi 1/ l to 3/4 CIA ALL 38,6x$ ~ 37~ ,1.5$ 2 f. To tile question of 'tlloiv do you Spend your vacation?,r1M ,answers we r© ranked In 0"' following order; { 'tr'avel by car i~ Y or airplane Visiting friends and relatives t~ Iltntting, fishing, hiking and carnping Iromo work--yard and house ; I d c ~ Recreation at local lalcrs Local recreation in Dallas-Ft. Worth area--Six Flags ii ¢5 i I 'MiaSoirms and zoos in Dallas-rt, k'orth area SAmli ng Golfing Leisure bohavioi i In what lictivities cle ~'he citzons of Donton participate, jvIlat facilities r+i do they use, and where and with whom do thoy participate? Answers to these k quostions roveal tile leisure behavior pattomrs tvhi.ch have considerable impact in develciping .I master plan. to determinm facilities used in and near Denton the questionnaire 0 Yered f a list of ,facilities svh.iclr the adults and youths wore to rnArk. The ranking tvas to determine Aich facilities svero. mmst: ttsed, Second most and third mst. Ranking i Y Vol I rr 25 beyond this eras not requested of the adults mid was disreiarded J-n tho youth satrgzlo, 'liable 11 shows the r,uzk order given these facilities h y l y adults and youth. To detomine rank order each choice was weighted, Facilities ranked first iaere multiplied by three, second by ttvo attcl third by one, '17u.s gives first.- choice the imst importance and favors second choico over third, 'the rosulting index for each facility was than used to rank them im descending r f order. Table 9 MNK ORDER USF Ur FACILITIES Abul,'1' 1 l scili tY Index Y'Utl17I " " Facili~ Lidox { ! ~ 1 Civic Center Park 229 E Civic Center Park 318y Civic Canter Bldg, 200 Civic Center Bldg, 299 i JI McKonna ;Mirk 169 livers Park 210 ,Nettie Schultz Park 9:3° ~ bir,Keivza Pork 1(}1 ,l hickory Creek Park 83 Nettie SC.hultz Park 90 Southridge Park 64 lk:iiia Park 88 i' Evers Park 41 hickory {week Park 74 + Fred Moore Perk 74 Southridge Park 31 I Fred Adore Park 19 ` Uie question was also asked "What i'at•il.ities do you use 11 st outs.icie of ney ,.1 Wilton?" Four spaces wore allowed for listing ia,i.tlt no significance given to the order Of li:;tLi „t g '1110 total niw,bor of iitclividuals listing e<zcli classification of faelliti©s was divided by this total ntonber answering the question to give a porcentago. all . i 2 6 Taw 10 FACILI'1IF'S USM OUI'SIM DENIM 1 ADUUM Local bakes HIS 2 , 3 RLding stables Fishing '1.0 Calf courses 4.6 Dallas-Ft. North Parks 2,3 Six Flags over 'T'exas Park 3.2 SRI I F Gulf Coast 2.3 Ntusotans (Dallas-Ft. Worth) 9•2 Federal Parks 15.2 i Coiuttry clubs 2. *Percentage of those answering Youth classifications were slightly different mid their use of outside 8 facilities varied from the adults also. ']'able 11 a E FACILITIES USHM dU[SIDR 11I?MC1N I Nuaber miswerinL Youth Local lakes 2,27 581 2 Country Clubs 33 8,4 ` Horseback riding 26 6,8 Dude Ranch 20 5.1 Six Flags over Texas 20 5r1 Miscellaneous outdoor activities 4S 11r6 4.8 Others 19 s 390 IN A I k tl~ fwk5 27~ Sixty-Five percent (65%) of the addIts Lidicated that they spend niost of 1 their free time in Denton, (fi the other hand 71% of the youth spend their time i outside rbaton. Participation in leisure activities was determined for two groups of activities, Some; required estimates of the ntunber of (lays, .in it 34-day period in which the respondent participated, hiother grotn) of activities called for participation estimates based on the number of days in one year, Rank order of each group of activities )rave been made usuig the mean or average participation, For those activities in tho 30-day group see Table '12 and 13; raid for those in the ),early estimates group see Table 14. Table 11, 11 l ACI'IVIIY PARTICIPAT1tlN 30-Day Period Adults Mean Read a book or part of a book (maga inns not included) 0,7 clays Work on Iaini, garden or around the how"70 7.96 I ~ Swimming outdoors 4,25 i -7 Play n mt>sical instrtunOnt 3153 1'lpY gams such as checkers) F 117 cards, etc. 3,25 i. i Paint or draw 2.44 Craft work such as woodworking, rmdel building, etc, 2.29 Go daltciiz8 1. Bp ` Play billards or pool 1159 , Participate in dramatics J., 15 clays r i .i r... ...rr,., r. ..,e•... • . ..n _..a.. a•m+-•. sJl r.sJfaiNYll bYlt.:e0. 1 1. 2 8 A 'fable 13 ACl'IVT'I1' !'AItTICIPn'1'ION 30-Day period w Youth Wan 1, is ten to rocords 17 days Swim outdoors ' i 14 days Read a hook or 1),3rt of a book (does not includo magazines) 11 days Platy a musical instriuwnt 10 days ► Play games such as shockers, cards 3 ,etch , 8 days raj Paint or draw 6 days I Play billarcts or pool 6 days r Spend time on crafts such as model building, otc,} , } 5 days i Dance ;J i ' f + t Dramatics 2 days y I clay i } If 1 gyp, ~ ?9 'fable 14 i ACTI'.111Y hfU2'1'1CIPATION Yearly Estimates Adults INban Youth Wan Attend Sports events 11 clays Play football 47 days Play golf 9 days hl. ay softball or baseball 34 clays ~ Attend movies 3 days 1-11ke or walk for pl.eastere 36 days y r Attend adult education Play basketball. 32 clays classes for enjoyment 7 days Play tem]s 23 days Attend plays & concerts 6 clays Pish 21 days Play tennis 4 days Hut 19 days Co bowling 3 days Play volleyball 17 days Attend art shows and museiuIIS 2 days CFm3n overnight 16 days Play handball or squash 2 days Go boating 13 days Ilk Go swimming outdoors 2 days Play golf 13 days Swam outdoors ll days j Co on a picnic days Rater skiing 8 days `I'obagging or s:leding 3 days F Play Handball or squash 2 days Respondents were also ns',<ed to :indicate where participation took place on n j F bipolar scalo, Lo, either at home or elsewhere; Of the 3O-(18y group the following listing tons revealed for adults, i i 1 ww„o, Home Activities 1:15ewhere Activities- E eL cent per center ; 41brk on lawn, garden 5tivlm outdoors 1911.6 or grounds around home !13, 2 Co dancing 77.6 Read a book or part I of a book (magazines Participate in dramatics 75,0 not included) 84.1 i Play billards or pool 62.7 Play a nuuical instrumont 77.3 Play checkers, ca?•ds,etc. 31.6 Spend time on crafts) etc. 76 , 3 ~ Paint or drwv 30,7 , Paint or draw 69.3 Cr,;fts, etc. 23.1 Play games such as cards, 1 l checkers, etc.. 68,4 Play ,z musical instrwnent 22.7 r Play billard5 or pool 237.3 5,U Rork on a book, or part 1519 Dramatics , garden or at home 6,8 veil Dance 22,4 l 1 Swim outdoors 15,4 ~r I, 'lli.is (toes not vary from the other resimnses listed before as to the i activities tit home. The opposite extremes did not vary to much with table games ! such as cards, checkers, orc, being the most cowTion both at home and elsewhort Youth responses to the question of where participation took place aro seen I , on the chart oil the following page. i yy , 4.1 j s I i l tr ' J/,, i ahtYm,~ 31 tionie Activities Elsewhere Activities gel r cent x.r cent I Listen to records 79,9 1---•~~ Read a book, etc, 93,2 'Spend time on crafts 79,8 Swim (outdoors) 79.8 ' Paint or draw 77,1 flay billards or pool 71.6 Play games, checkers Dance 6G 0 cards, etc, 74.9 Play a Wins ical instrument 68.9 Driunatics 65,7 Dramatics :54.3 Play a musical instrUMOnt 31.~I , Dance Play cards, etc. 25.1 34.0 Play billards, pool 28.4 Paint or draw 22,9 I l~ Swim (outdoors) 20,2 Spend time on crafts 20.2 Read a book, pari. 6.8 Liston to records 20.1 In addition to where participation took place, tho (tuestioit was asked 'I i-01 wI)om do you most often participate?,, Responses were d1stributed over four possibilities--alone, with family, with fr is, or giltii some organized j group, In the 30-day estimate group for adults, Individual activities were; _ Read abook 85,74 Paint or, draw 59,23 E "I Family activities were: Work on lawn, or house 62,6 Swim outdoors 58.21 t Activities done with friends were: 1 Play billards or pool 70,4% I Dance G3, 7,$ f t •.-1 `l~4 ..V 4'd:.. _;r~•y.1:~ ,1 1';i9 af+F.A':r1).; ~/µ~{1.~\S?I}s5:I,1~.tiYnt MIAMI 32 r Ile only activity e:1joyed in an orgwrized group was: Dramatics 55,U$ fairly strong "soccnaary" activities were: Individual activities'. Crafts 48,3% Play a musical instrument 45,1$ Family activities: Play game • I s suc9t as cards I Crafts 3513p With Friends Play games sucIr as cards 49, S$ I f In this partion of the study primary activities are those receiving xifty f (50)'per cent or better response. In a few cases, where none of the four alternatives received as much as fifty (50) per cent, a plurality selected, Secondary activities are those receiving the second highest response pxuvlded s 3 1} I it is greater than twenty (20) per cent. j I I I j For youth the primacy break down for 30-day estimates was as follows: VI ; I Activities done alone were: Read a book or part i of one 82,8% 1 i ' Paint or draw 65.1%, j f _ Spend time on crafts 55,4% Activities done with family wore:. ~ r none i tt~~ ~ I~ VP M84 I Activities done with friands were; i)ance 7? , 6% Swim outdoors 69.0% Play b.illards or pool 60.80 Play games such as checkers 52,8 Activities dono with an organized group; none 1 "Secondary" Prart.icipat.Wn figures for youl:irigere: 111111 Ma LY ALONE Play games .37.59a Listen to records 47.7; Play b ii lards or pool 21.04 Dramatics 35.6%, F Listen to records "i0'.l'a OR(O ,lI ZED GIMP Dramatics 26.9% 1 „ ! play a musical instrument 25.8% Activities est matc4l on a yearly basis showed tlae fol.Aosoilig "primary', w (largest percentage) and "seconda)y" (at least 20;) groupings of participation for adults: ALONE 11rim-aa Per Gent Seconc!<M Per Cent Attend ,,ports events 791.1 Attend movies 47.9% + i Play tennis S0% Attend play, concert;,, 47.0% Go l 4hig 31;5% i .xati q.,ntar.471♦1v r . rv:,; r .«.i.,a .end >vP,ae ns.v..wxn...y,r;r}}.vrLacwdd-+In•f iiyiH Nv.}•n MMMP~ 1 Ja f 34 1 hAM1LY i Prili~at~. Per Cent ,5erondar ~ i Go howling - (12L c eettr 61.41 Attend ar(: shows, museums 4 Play IJanciball 36,0 S9.4% Attetnd miovies .a 35.1~ Adul t edLjCetion 31.,140 GO sWirlpning I Attend plays, c.oncorts 32,0$ I Play gol! 22.9; ' { flaj' tetuiis 22,7 'f PRILNDS Priing2Z pe^ r Cent 5ecorida Per Cont Play. golf - ; 62.1$ flay hcutdbsill Go swimming 33.5$ > 4 56.0 Attend art sJtows) ,nusetrnis 7 ' 25'.396 Adult Education classes 4 52,4% ORCANTUD (;IIk)Up Prime , _ ~ +~R I PE_i Cent SecattclazZ Per Cc Cel nt 1.: I none nun(3 _.r Attend art sJtolys, Imtseu7,s 36.6% Px ; Groupi,tgs Of activity estimated ait s yearJ)' basis for yet:th t+orc; , Pr-. msry ~C:c3)~t ~ ['or Seconda ; Per Cent i none none Visit friends Boma 30 2$ ; t Bicycling or motor j scooto ring ' 29.78 s . 7 A FAMILY Primate 'et t f ~ew,ulat er cent ]tone 110110 Ca to shopping center' $g,2$ Ride amtmd 1.71 a car 39,9% Attend playsy Concerts 39,3$ Attend spores events 26,0$ FIZI Iv~!ZS Prima ly el' (lent Seconcia Per Cent Attend parties or socials 71.5% Attend plays, concerts 43:1$ Go bow'litig 71,1"6 Co to,sh0pping center '10.0$ Go to navies 70, 4% Attend club Aaetiitgs 39.2% Bil-ycliug or motor E j scooterfltg 61,410 jr Attend sports evonts 57.7$ Ride around in a rar 511,6$ L. i , Visit friends at hone 51.5$ bRCil1HTZia C,IK7UP Prime Per Cent Secondtlt Po r t (.Hit none none Attend club meetings 47;8$ Questions Vo, U-13 (adults) vtd No, 14-15 (youth) dealt Intl) yearly I ctivitles 'outcloor,' 'I'he average Humber of clays lier year were as fellows; YEARLY NST'INUVI?S Adult's Wall Youth hike or walk for pleasure 46 d;,qs A~ 1 r Playfootbnll 4'I days drive for pleasure 25 days Play softball or baseball 34 days ~ Bicycle 21 days (like or walk for pleasure 36 days , . C "AVotl 36 YEAIILY LSTIMkm1 ,s cont. ~q Adults NL,an Youth Wall 1 hisla 10 days Play basketball 32 days Piratic 7 days P1 ay tonnis 23 days ' Cantu overnight 6 drays Fish 21 flays Go boating 6 days Hunt 19 clays Go hunting 6 days P1 ay volleyball 17 (lays ~f Camp ovenaight 16 days Go boating 13 drys Play golf 11 days K f I Swim outdoors 13 clays I's ` inic 9 days t.; Water Al 8 days Tobagging or sleding 3 days I flay handball 2 days 1 The primary ;and secondary outdoor activities reslwnsos ,('or adults cJere; i NAME ~ Prima _ Por Cant Secondary Per Cent none none 13ic yclin i b ' 22,1$ j 1 ~ IMIhY ~ Primyr Per Cent Secondary Par Cent Drive for pleasure 7910% Go boating 47.4% I Picnic 6810% Camla out overnight 37.2% !w, , Bike or walk 63.9% Hunt 3310 Bicycle 61.5$ I; Fis h S4.0% { i I , 1 i~ j 37 Student responses to the question of outdoor activities wore: l F Prinrtr Per Cent Secondary Per Cent J10110 none (talk or hike 26.4% FAMILY I?~imary Per Cent Secondaly Per Cent F 53.8% (itatt 49.30 Picnic Co boating 53.20 Slater Ski 45,7$ Slo dc3ijig, '1'obagging 36.0o I Play ttwtdball 35.1% i camp out 29.0% L Play tennis 25.90 { Play golf 7.1.8% Primal Per Cent Secondary Per Cent s Swim 72.0°c Camp out: 48.5% 1 E Play football 71.50 Go Boating 41.0% F I Play Golf 68.20 111nit 38.13 ' f PI ay Basketball 66,70 111uiic 38,0% P ay baseball, softball 66.4% F1S)i 31'10 i May volleyball 63.84; {I ,..,t Play hEUtdball 58.8% Sledding, tobagging S4,0% Walk or hike 50.9% 1 Slater Ski 50101s 1 a~1, IM ORG1NlI2GI3 (MUP ' Printaxy. Per Cent 1 i Socotidary Per Gent none none Play volleyball 24.4$ Play basebal'.., softball 23.0% 1110 final question ±.n the Ioisure behavior section was concerned with [ ;l determining what activities people do which were not listed, Several respondents listed in this open-ended question << 1lwnber of actuvities which had already been covered. However, some new activities were listed, E AI)DITIONAI, AUNVITIES E Adui is Youth! Needlework Horseback riding i Weight lifting ~ Roller skating L'ommu» ity dancing ~ i Archery Scouting Track and field Coramics and clay work Vol(nlteor hospital work f Woo0vork ! Judo Plower arranging r f Target shooting LI Target shooting hadlainton Horseback riding ;i Table tennis 1 Flying Se 1 Weight lifting 'T'able tennis howling Auto racing "1 Scouting ~)1 Model airplane flying 5 Other information concerning leisure behavloi. of youth was deterhuinod. The following Yank order of r E espouses to tllo question "'lb whic:lr radio station do you most often listen?" indicates K1,1p as the leading station, ~ r ` ( 3 j 6E 511++N`I{~ I 39 _ Table 15 1 Radio l.isterl.irtg !?er Cent KLIF 73, 34 6 KDNT 15.52% KVOK 4 ..1-1 $ WMA 2.54$ Others 4.49% I' + Att1 5.alld U lrl]QI75 I A considerable rlLmber'of questions were asked to elicit attitkrdes concenling general satisfactions with parks and recreation; department operations , fiscal policies, etc, . I Opportunity was a,i.so given for respondents to express themselves regarding needed activities, facilities, programs and imttuvemon additional opinions wore sought from the youth sample, ! ts. Various Tiguro 11 t)urough 14 cover the opinion questions which were tabulated on two scirles, Orre scale proceeded from co grletely disagree to completely agree with two intormedi,tte points (4 paint scale) . Tile second was a res lonse i J on a dichotomous (2 point) scale of ".true" or "not true," T9tlouglt the use I, of meads (averages) the tuo different scale,,, Cmi be conlrared divoct1y. In every case the midpoint is shol,gl which is the expected nleeul, t+fealls falling ~ above this midpoint indicate a positive relationship. Mpans below t}tls niid- f point are n©gative. IN degree of positive and negative lies vase i.rtcreases r towards 'either and of the bat- figure. Figure 11 is a comparison of several questions related to general satisfaction with the pvirks and recreation opliort(Init:ies in Wnton, Both adult i and itMont responses were positive Ivithottt exception, i 5 rixyd6u rr fr f Figure 11/ i General SiltitifFlCt1011 l'i'lt: 'ui1~;l wiu ic~ivz. 1u11 ill Denton - By Means Sm I completely partially partially completely disagree disagree agree agree I ain satisfied with 2,76 - - the park facilities in 17 enton........... . there are suffucient oppportunities for childzf l to use their tree time con- 2,71 s trl,ctively The quality o;( acti- vibes for teolagors 2.70 , i is good 2.60 2.5 r Not 'Prue L.5 True ; I 171e darks and play- grounds add beauty I to my commwlity; , 1.73 r k, More are plenty of. vii Indoor facilities in 1.5b Denton where I earl meet with others.... 1,61 Lil i ADULT 0 YoullI WAN ~ J In figure 12 there is a comparison of ol)i]li.o115 oil solile specific department j operations, only one of thoso questions appaarecl oa the youth questionnaire and as usual there is a considerablo gap between the youth and Mlle adult re3W, je, Ai i L. (.tie I 4&N l1gLiI'e 1.1 i Opinions Regarding Park Departnpiit Operations Yp By Hems completely parti;illy partially completely disagree disagroe agree agree '17ie Denton larks and 2 y Rec. Dept. should have the responsibility for adult progratns of w r recreation 3.47 Professionally perpared face-to-face leadership for parks arcd rec. prog- mas should be hImId.I. 1 3350 n For expensive activities and those with limited 3.71 appeal, fees should be charged, 2.65 1 would be willing to J..5 pay a fee for my child not true true `a to learn a recreational skLll..... 1.83 j AM-:AN 1 i Opinions and attitudes to g ovemmental responsibility and various aspects of :fiscal policy are shown in lrigure 13, 'diey are arranged in descending order of agreement. A very high response was given to the question concerning local govermunit pnov.ision of facilities. Somewhat toss positive were the other responses dorm to` the lowest, but still positive, r"I mse on willingness to pay taxes f j for the provision of facilities. i -Yil M4 J •Y..n•.rlM fi 42 Figure 13 Opinions and Attitudes on Fiscal Policy 13y Me'dis completoly partlallN2,S partially completely disagree disagree agree agree Local govemment should provide facilities for recreation.........,. 3`61 Federal assistance in r financing local expan- sion for park: and rec- reatiou should be sought 3'33 r not titiro 1.5 true Borrowing money is an M appropriate way to E11Mue Construct' rn~ 1.G7~ i of I woUid be willing to tax myself to pz':rv:ido -1.66 t., ilia jor faclli.t ies. e, j Several ~iil.,,cellaaeous opinion. questions are compared For both adults ` ` 1 Fsi vtti youth in .figure 14, 'lliere is a dcfinitl~ Lrverse, relationship between spending free time in Denton and the lmp,rtanco of things done in the $t.r colmrlunity. Both adults and youth indicate elrgAhuticaily a preference for t•~ active uses of leisure time. 1r a~ i /K,4 r 11 43 F]1~irc iii Miscel'Ivloous Attitudes ..rw+rrrrzrrtit7~l~~. l/) 1'111.111J I '17tings I do in my not trlle true collumilli.ty are - =1 ilnpnrtallt to nle........ _ 1.75 I spend most of Illy ]..37 time in Ionton......... 1.7(1 ~,S~~N~47 I 115 completely partially partially completely I prefer the more (11sag11ee disagree agree agree , active use of 2.49 time. I'iSUre JI QC) I" 'I I ,l 2.5 Table 16 , 17, and 18 shoiq opinions, in rank order for adults, conrerning facilities, pvogrrmis, and :impiwolm-nts. 't'able 16 Recmeation Facilities Needed ` Rank Order ('t'op 't'en) Adults Additional Tormis (hurts (lighted) I : Golf Course Public Gymms ilhos Addl t Tonal. SWiimiiing Pools Improved Flaygromd F&cil.i.ties k `'lore Picnic 1'acil i ties Cominiurity 'Theatre s Rifle Range t Li'Otod Pec Wee Baseball Ple Ids i BasketbalI Wals in Parks { , 44 A,' ; i Table 1.7 , Recreation Progrms, Needed Rank Order (Top Teri) Adults Organized 't'een Program Crof is coiastics bridge Lessons ~p Adult Winces Adult Iixercise Program Jogging PM9rems I Girls Softball Program ` Nature Study Program soccer Program (all ages) 'Fable 18 i I I ' Tmprovemmits Reconmended for lixisr.ing Facilities f' Programs Rank Order ~ t Adul is { I E ~ y 1 Futilities: Programs: More restrooms More advertising of progms 1 Lights in Parks More adult classes Shelters in Parks More orgganization and enforcement of regulations fibre tennis courts Better sanitation ser,ice on Parks s More picnic facilities Water parks at, night More playground equipment P Bicycle trails t ~ v Hiking and Walking paths ~ prinking fowtains avid benches, t { MI5 Tables 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23 have to do wit}] the olxiniens of youth tou'az'ct :facilities, Prograuns and or g ntizations of the Denton Parks and Recreation Department, ~ Table 19 ! Recreation Programs veodod for Gnautuzity Building Rank Order Youth Teen Dances Art. Gasses. Teenage Activities Basketball , 1 Gruiastic Shows Concerts of various types Physical Fitness Programs Sports Tnstiliction Dramatics Table 20 Ilow do you frost often heatr about Itecrcat:ion Progr~uns7 ]lank order (Youth) . J pr:ionds Nownpapors flyers ]"wilily Sdiaol Others Table 21 l ! YAto Would you profor to have as supervisors? Rank Order (Youth) Volm~teoxs Parents Park lopartment Paid Personnel 'i 46 Police ()thers (college students, school coaches, older teens, young adults, teachors) Table 2'l Who should piwi Youth progrir#ns? Rank Order (Youth) Taen Conmittee in (;ooPeration with Adults Teen Corfvnittee Alone I Park F, Recrc;ation Persnluiel 1 Table 23 3 r M I '9'at activities should he provided fa• h i t girls? Rcuik Order (Youth) J Stvitn,t'ing ~ , Gynuias tics ; ! I Volleyball. Tennis f Basketball l)allClllg ~ r Baseball Bowling 1 Tumbling l f'hy:,ical Education 1A1' rn ~ s i ..i 1 i (MVIT$1l V 1 $u, rUWzy AND +JNWOR IiFCg MPNnd'riQ~lS .SIAiVnflIy '1110 characteristics of' tlu' coirununity of lUlton, Texas show a definite trend tvvard family recreation needs, 'ilto rver;ttijo ages of its adults is 42,8 years, '1110 number of adults that have f:irlished college is t'tr a:, eciuratiorl is concerned i was very high(40,8%). 1ho average family incolw was roported to be rather high ~I at $12,575 per year The City is also characterized by the two parent family with 88,74% indicating they were married and only 12.26% Indicating that they were single, divorced, separated or widowed. 91,5% of those answering _n(icated they had children on the average of 1,8 cbildren per family, '1710 model age (most; typical) is b to 11, 'years of age. Wo major groups emerge in Wilton as chief wage earners. Nearly 43 fall into the category of professional, terlinical and educational teachers, In contras the next largest category is that of laborers at 8,251:, Tho poor response from Area 3 was noted in the absence of any rospotldents showing private i I household worker category. It is from this. area that most of the domestic workers Lr, the city come. 111e res1rxl dents did l however, de telni tc that better than 729a work in Wilton. ')lie data revealed Fiat IV and amt(7 OlAlet'sl}_ll) iq (1c%1T wil-'nirnou1 . Ham:` _9'n4Iu1'° ship is not, as h1kh as expected do" `U OW ilLrRIN?rft- tiefid, possibly. 6xcltusive use or ol,n}ed by y0tith tt iir= nclurll-d n r,r„ players jmd bicycles. Of those itouLs offered, thet3n two were oost frc<,ticlntl, Chosen. The Average allowance prr weak for youth was $).25, although a large percent- age (11.,4%) reported no allowance, finntings, with appn;xiinately CIOUI)le the number (28%) reporting none, avora1;0 soiiKl,har htghor ;t+ $::0O per week. I 1 The use of tilrx' by the c_itizeus of )knt'on was categorized in a somewhat fl normal area, The average working 1,vek shoe;ed to he about Is hours with v~ ~ i '•'^b ~YV~n'.~'i:'e',i'; A t C than 65 hours a week. The additional III7114/1n11v 1-, a- , c-itizen 161' j i spent an averago of two :u >d one half hours per week at required and voltalteer meetings. 'T'elevision viewing time was high but not excessive for ~ adult!;. 'rimes available for recreational use as expected showed a high percentage for the evening time of 7:00 to 8:00 P.M. Cross tabulation with sex roveals that time slots during the day were chosen by femalo rospondents and that available time for males during the week was primarily after 7:00 PM. Vacation time ranged from one week to more than two months in length with the majority indicating a two week period, Most of the citizens take their vacation in July and August and most of them stay at home instead of going out of town, The leisure behavior patterns whidi have considerable impact in developing a Master Plan were determined by ssking in what activities the citizens participate, , Also what facilities did they use and wlth whom and where did the 1 y participate? ' % It was found that the most popular facilities wore those found at Civic Center G~ Park and the Civic Center Building, The other, rankings varied from athletic fields for youth to picnic areas for adults, according to what the park provided, The facilities used most by both adults rvid youth outside the City of ` Denton i,:us the local lakes. Moro than one half the adults indicated that thay spent most or their ~i. free time In Denton, On'the other hand, almost three fourths of the youths :spent a their free time outsidethe city, t ~ I~ 7.; 'j 49 In participation in leisure act.ivi.ties it was noted that in both a thirty r~ clay period and over a year's period the adults prefered the more passive i activities. Tie youth respondents however, indicated quite similar desires though not as high in yard work activities or mending chores at home. In a yearly estimtato the adults , (sally showed a desim- to participate as a spectator to events as opposed to the actual participation of the youth, For youth, sports were formost in rank order of activities selected, Respondents were also asked to indicate where' participation took placo on a bipolar scale, Le. , either at home or elsewhere. (nice again the foremost `tftVttlb5 at home for the adults were those of gardening and reading for plea sure, while the youth indicated the passive activities of-listening to records and workittg`on crafts, 77ia "oisoialtere" participation was a good deal more active for both adults and youth although the youth indicated they read a great 'deal away from home; which indicates a desire for a library reading program, In addition to where participation took 'place, the question was asked *itltlahom do you most often participate?" Responses Were distributed over four possibilities--alone, With family, witli:friends, or with some organized group. In both cases, adults and youth indicated passive types of activities while alone and more active types with friends and in groups, This was true both in the 30 day survey and by the yearly count, one of the most significant facts was the unfailing tendency to attach themselves to a community type of activity more often with the family than in organized groups. This was true both in Indoor and outdoor activities, Hiking or walking ims designated as having taken the most days of the year by adults in their "outdoor" activity, while the youth indicated organized sports such as football, baseball or basket- ball took up more days of, leisure hours; i [t . ':lip c c~ 41 qq) [t 1 s6~ 'Iho final question in the leis are behavior section was concerned 'with determining what activities people do which were not listed in the questionnaire, several respondents listed in this opon-ended'questi.on a ntunber of activities which had already been covored, The items listed were more of a detailed nature such as'.5pedified types of community dances to be taught, typos of arts and crafts and many minor sports. Let it be noted also that both ;:dolts and youths W1i had a tendency to word "carry over" and latont activity program, Other information concerning leisure behavior of youth was determined by WA ranking the order of responses to the questions "1o which radio station do you most often ;listen?" and indicated that KIA P as the leading station, N` A. considerable number of questions were asked to elicit attitudes con- 1 cerning general iiati factions with parks and recreation; department operations,' fiscal policies, etc, .'Opportunity was also given for respondents to'express themselves regarding needed activities, facilities, programs and improvements. Various additional opinions were sought from the youth sample. The question relating to general satisfaction with the'Parks 'gnd'Recreation Wpartmont was.positive without exception. The same was true in the Opinion j of the departments operations, Vie youths answer to the question about charging fees was less positive than the adults opinions and attitudes to govermT ntal responsibility, and various aspects of fiscal policy show a varied response 'to government provision of facilities &)mowhat l.ess_posit.ive were the rosponses on willingness to pay taxes for the provision of these fac.lt'.es. There was a definite inverse relationship between spending free .tithe in Denton and the 4 importance ofthings done in tile COMMunity, In ranking order the respondents were asked to show opinlon.4 contefing facilities, programs and improvements, loo most popular for naodod facilities ° ° ~ ;if .1, 5l showed to bo lighted tennis -ourts, golf course, and public gyfuiasiL ns. 'I7~e most needed programs indicated by youth were teen dances and activities, gymnastics hour, and physical fitness programs, Ilse adults added crafts, gyne-nastics and ' bridge lessons as needed programs, Facilities that needed improving showed to be more restrooms, lights in parks and sheltors in the parks. Youth respondoi?ts indicated that they hear about the programs from friends,` newspapers and flyers more than any others,,''lhey also stated that their program should primarily be planned; by a teen coimnittee in caoperatioq with adults, It was also noted that the youth wished to be supervised by volunteers, parents and park personnel in that order) The final question was designed to find out what activities the youth felt were needed for girls, (yimn^.stlcs, bowling, dancing and tumbling were mentioned along with the usual sports activities of baseball., volleyball acid swimoning. i ; _ 'j 1 I I i At~,or Recouunendat:.ions I, construct three small. c011111wl}ty centers. It was evident front file tren(I -,flown in this ~.tudy that the citizens ~ of Denton have become coMMj ty conscious. The man made barriers such as one way streets, thoroughfares, shopping cenlors,business districts, etc, have re-segreated our populace, the people have a tendency to stay in their own area instead of traveling about Its they did when our city had its 'small wm look,' `berefore, we most build these centers in ti,o comiwity itself in order to best serve its i residents. A fourth center could probably be obtained from convorting the old Fred Wore Sclicol building into a center, 2. Purchase and improve severed small. neighborhood parks, Once again it is necossary to secure more open space on a neighborhooe basis, Much of our city is being covered with private homes and business f buildings, Soon ttlore will, be nothlug left Por the neighborhood youngster to play on. Small neighborhood marks must I;0, within walking distance and not across a busy street. or thoroughfare for Uie safety of the cJrlldren. 3. Light all city parks. This is one of the most frequont recriwi>rncltlt ons by the adult= in our (}UeStJellllflj.Te, 'tire ll$f? Ott olir parks .l$ 1.1Plate(Ip'l.i}' t0 day 1,1.111E LISP at the presont time, wtth tho exception of tho I+asebali divownds, Ifie safety of the users of our facilities is nWCOS'ary alicl thmul;h propor lighting this can be assured. A, consider the purchase and ilnpr0%t0IHenl of two uKlro 1111,310, twenty-five acro parks on the east and west pant of the City. !here are no large parks oaa t:lle east avu! a+c,;t si<le~ o ' ik ntou at the pn?sent tlaaac. Those two parks should probdbl.y he aii-jacOnt to school property so as to give aid to the playground programs of the public schools. Day would also house large ailalotlc. fields and later oil ,wimming pools and cwtiminity owl centers, 'llaeso two parks afire necessary, bocnuse they would each serve at , J ]east one sixth of thq city's poptalation, Broaden prograaamiing for teen age youth, ~r Admittedly the hardest age group to reads with any kind of prograitning, teens mars nevertheless in need of additional opporttnuties. Adults listed teem age programs. as a high priority, In serving the teen, consideration should of be given to the expressed opinions of youth. A teen council. would be a swp in the right direction for proper pingraara planning for this age groin), t. I Pall development of all park properties, I Rated high on all of the adult respondents lists wore tho completion of 1 tine parks capitol improvement programs. Adults also indicated bettor facilities acid eyuipnent as nwa7ber one in thoir list of improvements for I park facilities, First wid foremost of these were adli.t.ional restrooms, park shelters, and hard surface play areas, 7. Expand progrwiuning for adults, oslaeclally tile agbig. We have a tendency to overlook our adults for the saako of ,youth, Several r1 ; iwiications in the data revealed a iwod for'oduit progucalarring, Aw opinion `F that the 'Ci.ty of Menton should have tho aaspowsibility of adult programs' ~I was most positive, lacroascd involvement of adults could first be acconty>lishod '1 through family participation programs in their own cotiLuanlty, of :t i l rt ,I ~s i 'f}Ie afore written statements are major reconuuendatioils only, ?here is mach r w, data for a more (',Y)1a LLStive anai.y'SiS and less import% i. !G ti210ri' r@ e}fi kaB?nt tlT in the data prosonl-d. Complete t~.Iblos of a11. ti;"' d'. a~~ t'aii;• J.r the offico of the lxnton Parks and Recreation Deparuient for tl;ose who wis;I to :investigate the leisure-behavior, aztitudF' and iairelesi: study in nxrF detail. As i.ndicatod in the preface Uie study is a basic tool in the developnent of the blaster plan, for the Denton Darks and Recreation Dopaybwat and some additional data ailalysis may Ivssible be relevant to that task, i j i i Aibl iogsaptq~~ ii Zoiso.l, 11,111s, cla~ It 14iiJr Fi res, Near York; I1<igwv raid Row, 1:157. 2. Arkin, Iterbort rend Raymoid R, COI ton, 'iiahlas for Stati tic tans, New fork; 13ames; and Noblo, Inc,, ` 3. Bannon, Joseph J,, Alan R. Q'askey, and Cieorge Lowrey, Jr., Tie Lolsure, • Attitudes 1iltorests and Behavior of Glencoe hark Itocreition lTst`rict esicCeit~s~LTiia, 1111110IS-.~- H clc=oivlco - l~lrttitment o Recreactlon an ark Achnimstrati.on - University of Illinois, 1969. 4. Wuumon, Joseph J., curd Goorge Lowroy, Jr,, 'Ilre Leisure Bohavior Attitudes, and intorests of the Citizons of I'lk Grove Villas ^Il,llno sTs; v rCi'ban, I1 no s; Field Scrvicc Ilopartmon 6 . Wcrcat~-anti Park Aedninistrat.ion - Uilversity of Illinois, 19671 f I I 1 ~r S9 j r I Y I iTU.Fi.