Socioeconomic inequalities in sport participation: pattern per sport and time trends - a repeated cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sport participation is an important component of a healthy lifestyle and is known to be more common among privileged individuals. However, few studies examined socio-demographic patterns of participation by type of activity. This study aims at quantifying socio-economic inequalities in sport participation by sport type, and to analyse their trend over 15 years.

Methods

We used 2005-2019 data from the Bus Santé study, a yearly population-based cross-sectional survey of Geneva adults. Sport participation was defined as reporting at least one sporting activity over the previous week; educational level, household income and occupational position were used as indicators of socio-economic position. Socio-economic inequalities in sport participation, and their trend over

SUBMITTER: Richard V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10141913 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature