SOC 27

Question 1

How does gender affect participation in sport

Answer 1

• womens participation in sport in increasing but still fewer than men
• some sports offer more opportunities to one sex over the other e.g. netball
• 40.7% of men play sport vs 31.2% of women

Question 2

How does age affect participation in sport?

Answer 2

• in most sports it is good to start young, although dome sports may have age restrictions e.g. marathon
• work, family and health problems may prevent adults or old people

Question 3

How do socio-economic groups affect participation in sport?

Answer 3

• People are less likely if they come from a low socio-economic group
• socio-economic groups are generalisations but they can say something about a persons chance to access sport
• most activities have associated costs e.g. hire of facilities, lessons, equiptment and clothing
• your socio-economic group can influence the type of sport you can get involved in e.g. lacrosse is middle class

Question 4

How does ethnicity and religion affect participation in sport?

Answer 4

• it can influence whether we play sport, what we choose to play and what we succeed in
• racism is still an issue in sport, despite huge efforts to promote racial equality
• in fiji, tonga and samoa, rugby is their culture
• there has been racial abuse against non-white players notably in football

Question 5

How do disabilities affect participation in sport?

Answer 5

• people with disabilities take part in lots of sport
• unable to compete in certain sport/less avabilable clubs
• adapted activities have been introduced
• more avaliabilitay is still needed in schools and local level
• more role models in socety have helped participation

Question 6

Influences in sport?

Answer 6

• most people’s choice of activity is influenced by others
• people tend to choose the same activites as friends or family
• people of the same age, socio economic class and interests are likely to participate in similar activites