The relationship between socio-economic status and physical activity with quality of Life and quality of work life of people participating in sport for all programs

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between socioeconomic status and physical activity rate with quality of life and quality of work life among people who participate in sport for all programs.
The method used for the current research was descriptive and correlation strategies. Based on Rasht sport for all council report, the statistical population was 1200 people who participated in organized sport programs in Rasht City, which 350 of them were selected randomly as statistical samples. Finally, the results of 280 questionnaires (80%) were analyzed. The instrument was questionnaires of socio-economic status, level of physical activity, Valton (1973) quality of life and quality of work life questionnaire. The analysis of data were done by using Pearson and Spearman correlations coefficients, independent t test, kruskal-wallis test, and repeated measurements tests in a significance level of α≤0.05.
There was a positive and low significant relationship between socio-economic status with quality of life(r=0.15) and quality of work life(r=0.14) and between rate of physical activity with quality of life(r=0.17) and quality of work life (r=0.11). There was a positive and high significant relationship between quality of life and quality of work life(r=0.59). Also no significant relationship was found between socio-economic status and rate of physical activity.
physical activity, regardless of the socio-economic status, can promote quality of life and quality of work life. Of course other socio-economic factors can also predict quality of life and quality of work life.