Trends of participation in sport

Question 1

What does GASED stand for?

Answer 1

• Gender
• Age
• Socio-economic
• Ethnicity
• Disability

Question 2

Gender

Answer 2

• More men tend to participate than women but women’s sports is on the rise
• There are more male role models than female as male sports tend to be advertised/shown more than female

Question 3

Age

Answer 3

• Participation rates tend to fall with increasing age
• Women’s ports tends to drop at 14 years old possibly due to puberty and peer pressure
• Between the ages of 16-25 is when participation rates are at their highest

Question 4

Socio-economic

Answer 4

• Highest participation rates tend to be by managerial/ professional workers
• Lower participation rates tend to be more by manual workers and unemployed people
• The more money people have the more expensive sports they play like pollo and golf
• The less money the have the more cheaper sports they play like football

Question 5

Ethnicity

Answer 5

• Participation among black and minority ethnic adults is increasing
• Less sports with different ethnic groups tend to be shown
• Basketball stereotyped as a sport played by black men
• Football is filled with many different races and ethnicities
• Table tennis more stereotyped to be played by Chinese

Question 6

Disability

Answer 6

• Lowe participation rates but it’s gradually on the rise
• Paralympics- creating more role models in their sports
• Invictus games- ex military soldiers