Exploring the minority–majority gap in sport participation: different patterns for boys and girls?
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Strandbu Å, Bakken A, Sletten MA. Exploring the minority–majority gap in sport participation: different patterns for boys and girls?. Sport in Society. 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2017.1389056Abstract
This paper examines the participation of minority and majority youth in organized sport based on the Young in Oslo 2015 survey (response rate: 72%, N = 9.774). Four possible explanations of the minority–majority gap are introduced: (i) culture, (ii) religion, (iii) discrimination/racism and (iv) class and socio-economic resources. Class and religion are further examined in the paper. Initially, among the boys, there are no differences between the minority and majority groups. When taking socio-economic resources into account, the minority boys have a slightly higher participation rate than the majority boys. Among the girls, the likelihood of participating in sport clubs is considerably lower for those with a minority background than for those with a majority background. The analyses show that socio-economic resources have an effect on both girls and boys and that religious denomination also explains, to some extent, the minority–majority gap that exists among girls.