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Table 4.9: Relationship between age group and frequency
Age Groups 10-14 15-29 30-54 55+
daily 10.3% 11.5% 50.6% 86.9%
>3 times per week 7.7% 6.5% 5.9% 3.1%
1-3 time per week 23.1% 13.5% 13.4% 3.5%
1-3 times per month 15.4% 20.1% 6.8% 1.3%
some times per year 43.6% 48.5% 23.2% 5.2%
% within Age 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Groups
(Own survey, 2010- 2011)
This low variation could be explained by the accessibility and neighbourhood in particular.
Regarding the first point, the easier a park is to access, the more daily users the park has.
Evidently, Thong Nhat park has seven gates, which helps park user access the parks easily
from every sides of the neighbouring. While Bach Thao park has only two gates. In the
same way, Lenin park is completely open for all-round access.
100%
90%
80%
32.5 35.0
30.5 30.3
some times per year
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
9.5
10.6
5.6
41.9
13.5
15.6 12.8
8.3
11.3
11.8
2.8
6.2
5.3
45.9
34.0 36.7
1-3 times per month
1-3 time per week
>3 times per week
daily
0%
Thong Nhat park Bach Thao park Bo Ho Lenin park
(parks)
(N= 2110)
Figure 4.18: Frequency shares among the parks (Own survey, 2010- 2011)
However, regarding the second point that the neighbourhood has more institutions than
residential properties also reduces the rate of daily park users. For instance, Bach Thao park
is next to the Ho Chi Minh Museum and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development, on the other side is a busy street. Moreover, Bo Ho (Hoan Kiem lake) is also
totally open, but it is a landmark with many tourists and businesses. Therefore, the rate of
daily users is lower than Lenin park. It is also because of the above reason that the rates of
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