Socio-cultural influences 3.1

Question 1

What are the 5 socio cultural influences

Answer 1

gender
disability
age
ethnicity
socio-economic background

Question 2

how does gender affect participation in sport

Answer 2

more boys/men do physical activity and sports then women, because of social stereotypes which means women usually do less competitive sports i.e yoga
however there is public support for womens teams which increase popularity

Question 3

how does age affect participation

Answer 3

your age can affect how much freetime you have.
kids introduced to activity will do it throughout their lives most likely - therefore there is alot of funding for kids
if people are working then they priotise their job because that is where there income is coming from.

Question 4

what physical changes occur as you get older

Answer 4

decrease flexibility
fitness decreases
vascular shunting is less efficient
injuries are more common and longer to recover from
ill health the older you get
For these reasons many people will change their type of exercise as they got older

Question 5

how does socio economic group effect participation

Answer 5

there are financial costs in sport and this means depending on someones disposable income depends on what they participate in]

people with high disposable income are most likely to participate

and wealthier areas may have better facilities

finally sports like skiing sailing etc will have low participation from lower socio economic scale people but football will have high of both because it is cheap to participate in

Question 6

how does ethnicity effect participation

Answer 6

minorities are limited to sports because they are stereo typically associated with certain sports.
the minorities usually have low representation in leading roles like captains
if there are professional role models from ethnic backgrounds they increase minority taking part

Question 7

what is an ethnic group

Answer 7

a group that shares cultural traditions, religions

Question 8

how does disability effect participation

Answer 8

government attempt to make access to all but limited coaching and qualifications and not correct facilities for disabled people
it is also hard for them to travel so decrease in participants
increase in media coverage helps increase popularity of disabled sports

Question 9

what is disability

Answer 9

physical or mental imparement that has long term negative effect on someone carrying out normal everyday activities