The Sports Participation: From Research to Sports Policy

• Authors: Núria Puig
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aims of this paper are the following: 1. To provide an overview of the fundamental aspects to be taken into account when carrying out and interpreting sports participation surveys; 2. To put forward an explanation of sports behavior; and 3. To suggest how these results may be used in intervention programs. Having gone over the literature in this field, I shall go on to address the following points: the definition of sports; trend analysis or the illusion of transparency; analysis of inequalities; identifying difference and individualization; and examining typologies to better understand each social group. I shall conclude with suggestions for sports policies.

Keywords

EN

sports policies; sports participation; typologies; social inequalities

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 70
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 5-17

Dates

published

2016-06-01

received

2016-02-15

accepted

2016-03-15

online

2016-05-09

Contributors

author

Núria Puig

• National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia, Spain

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/pcssr-2016-0009