Abstract
Sport science research on social inequality is dedicated to identifying how disparities within the sport system are perpetuated, mitigated or intensified. However, to date the sport participation of children and adolescents has not been studied in an appropriately differentiated manner. Therefore, this paper aims to analyse the relationships between individual living conditions and physical activity (PA) of adolescents by means of a systematic literature review and the results of the German nationwide representative Motorik Module (4-17 years; N=4,529), a subsample of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS). For instance, the logistical regressions show that PA in childhood and adolescence is determined by the living conditions to different degrees dependent on the setting: club (Nagelkerkes R 2=0.14), leisure time (Nagelkerkes R 2=0.03) and daily life (playing outdoors: Nagelkerkes R 2=0.22). In contrast to earlier studies on sport among children and adolescents, these results show that a differentiated view of PA is necessary to identify social inequality: disparities manifest mainly in club sports while they are hardly detectable in unorganized sports. Nevertheless, future studies will need to consider the habitus, spaces of interaction and lifestyle of children in addition to the living conditions in order to comprehend their preferences in sport.
| Translated title of the contribution | Social inequality in children and adolescents using the example of physical activity in Germany |
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| Original language | German |
| Pages (from-to) | 358-378 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Zeitschrift fur Soziologie der Erziehung und Sozialisation |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| State | Published - 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |