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PREVALENCE AND SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC CORRELATES OF YOUTH ORGANIZATIONAL SPORT ENGAGEMENT

The main aims of this study are to establish the prevalence of youth organizational sport engagement and to explore the socio-demographic correlates of youth organizational sport engagement. Data was collected in 2012 by face to face interviews, on a two representative probabilistic samples of young persons (16-25 years) on two locations (city districts) in Zagreb (Croatian capital): Podsljeme (N=610) and Peščenica (N=607), total N=N=1217, as a part of international FP7 My Place project. Organizational sport engagement was operationalized by respondent’s answers on three questions: are they a member of a sport club, have they participated in an activity arranged by this organisation, and have they done voluntary work for this organisation during the last 12 month before the survey. As socio-demographic correlates of youth organizational sport engagement this study investigates: age, gender, social class, household income, household structure, employment status and respondent’s as well as parents’ education level. Data showed that sport engagement was more frequent among youths in Podsljeme than youths in Peščenica (33% in Podsljeme and 26% in Peščenica), as well as that organizational sport engagement is most frequent type of youth engagement among 15 analysed, followed by engagement with religious or church organizations (21% in Podsljeme and 15% in Peščenica). In the next section, we present the findings of conducted analysis with regard to the main socio-demographic variables as a source of variation in reported organizational sport engagement among youths. The findings are discussed in the context of availability of sports activities for youths coming from different social backgrounds.

youth; engagement; sport; Zagreb; Croatia

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