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Age, Educational and Gender Differences in Interest Towards Three Racquet Sports on a Sample of Middle-Aged Adults

A research on age, educational and gender differences in interest towards table tennis, badminton and tennis was conducted on an appropriate sample of 920 adults from the Republic of Croatia. The examinees were given the task of evaluating each sport on a five-degree scale, where “1” indicated a sport that the examinees would never, under any circumstances, like to engage in, while “5” denoted a sport that the examinees would surely like to engage in if they had the opportunity to do so. With regard to their age, the examinees were divided into two groups, “younger”, referring to the examinees aged between 35 and 49, and “older”, referring to examinees aged between 50 and 65. Their level of education was specified by using three different categories, primary school completed or less, secondary school completed and higher education completed. The analysis of differences was completed by the multivariate analysis of variance with three factors in which the groups were determined by gender, level of education and age. The results showed statistically significant differences with regard to gender and level of education (with the relevant level of statistical significance p<0.00), as well as in interaction of gender and level of education (p<0.02). Age did not demonstrate to be a significant factor for the differences in interest, as well as the interactions where age was involved. The results of this research indicate that gender stereotypes related to sports are still present in this population and that they are demonstrated regardless of age. This research also showed that formal education presents a significant role in forming a more positive attitude towards sports.

tennis, badminton, table tennis, interest in sport

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