Barriers To Participation: Socio Economic Groups

Question 1

How does your socio-economic group affect your participation in sport?

Answer 1

Financial difficulties - inability to pay for equipment & clothing may make difficult to participate in some sports or physical activities
Financial difficulties - lack of ability to pay membership fees & training costs
Lack of transport/ability to afford transportation costs to attend training or sporting events
Poor provision of facilities/inadequate facilities to train or participate
Poor provision depending on location

Question 2

How can working-class subculture effect how group may react to what may be classed as middle class sporting environments?

Answer 2

Values
Morals
Feelings of inadequacy
Low self-esteem
Isolation from major social institutions

Question 3

Which SE group has most participation in sport?

Answer 3

White, male, middle class

Question 4

Which SE groups have lowest participation?

Answer 4

Disabled
Low income
Elderly
Ethnic minorities

Question 5

What is the definition of discrimination? What are the different types?

Answer 5

To make distinction: to give unfair treatment especially because of prejudice
Overt - legal structure, e.g. Apartheid, can be changed through politics
Covert - based on attitudes & self belief, harder to change as society stratified & layered by biological, economic & social criteria