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Stratification Patterns of Active Sport Involvement Among Adults

Social Change and Persistence

Jeroen Scheerder

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and Ghent University, Belgium, jeroen.scheerder{at}faber.kuleuven.be

Bart Vanreusel

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Marijke Taks

University of Windsor, Canada and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

This study examines leisure-time sport participation among adults according to their socio-cultural background and from a time-trend perspective. Using stapled cross-sectional survey data, sport participation trends in Flanders (Belgium) are studied for the 1979-99 period. The study explores the extent to which social inequalities in leisure-time sport still prevail. The results indicate that age, gender and social class remain the most important factors influencing sport involvement. Differences according to age, gender and social class are not only found with respect to participation rates; even among sport participants, social differentiation takes place in terms of the organizational context and participation preferences. Using logistic regression modelling and canonical correlation analysis, stratification patterns and different sporting styles are identified in terms of activities. The findings are discussed in terms of three decades of the Sport for All movement in Flanders.

Key Words: patterns stratification • social change • sport participation

International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Vol. 40, No. 2, 139-162 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/1012690205057191
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