Sports for All Youth
Article Summary

Sports for All Youth

February 2013
Author:
Michael Kanters, North Carolina State University
Topic:
Parks & Recreation, Sports, Schools, Before or After School, School Policies
Population Served:
African American, Lower-income Families, School-age Youth (K-12), White
Location by State:
North Carolina
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Summary:

The Challenge: Schools can be a great place for youth to be physically active, but opportunities for extracurricular sports in schools have declined in recent years.

Make an impact: After-school intramural sports can be a promising way to increase sports participation among middle school students.

What the findings are about: This study examined participation levels between students in schools with intramural sports (open to all students) to schools with an interscholastic model (focus on competition).

Key Findings and Recommendations:
  • Intramural sports attracted more students to play sports than did interscholastic sports, and may be especially important for students from low-income households or students of color.
  • Students from low-income and/or African-American households attending intramural sports schools were more likely to be involved in school sports than their peers at interscholastic sports schools.

 

Read the full article: School Sport Participation Under Two School Sport Policies: Comparisons by Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Socioeconomic Status

Suggested Citations:
Kanters, M.A., et al. (2013). School Sport Participation Under Two School Sport Policies: Comparisons by Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Socioeconomic Status. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 45(1Suppl): S113-S121.
 

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