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Question 2

Engagement in sport examples

Answer 2

Gender
● Age
● Socio-economic group
● Ethnicity
● Disability
● Influence of other people e.g. family, friends and role models.

Question 3

Are people with a disability less likely to participate in sport?

Answer 3

People with disabilities take part in many sporting activities. Opportunities for disabled
people in sport are increasing.
- Unable to compete in certain activities/less clubs available.
- Solutions: - Adapted activities (wheelchair basketball)
- However, more availability is still needed in schools and at a local level.
- The media coverage of the 2012 Paralympics attracted record crowds which has
encouraged many people to get in sport locally.

Question 4

Can someone’s Ethnicity and religion impact their participation in sport?

Answer 4

Ethnicity refers to a population whose members identify with each other and are
united by common cultural, linguistic or religious traits.

Question 5

Socio-economic groups

Answer 5

generalisations but they can say something about a
person’s chance to access sport or physical activity.

Question 6

How does ethnicity effect participation in sport:

Answer 6

Ethnicity- some sports more common in certain groups