Influence of parents’ socio-economic status on selected Kenyatta university students type of sports Participation

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dc.contributor.authorRintaugu, E.G.
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-17T12:15:18Z
dc.date.available2015-09-17T12:15:18Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.descriptionResearch Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractThe relationship between social economic status and participation in competitive sports has historical antecedents. Thus, the purpose of thispaper was to establish the influence of parental SES on participation in competitive sport of university athletes. Data was collected through questionnaires from 150 randomly selected athletes as Kenyatta University. Data was analyzed through chi-square test of independent measures. Findings revealed that 86.66% of the athletes did not participate in sport while in primary school but their participation in sport begun in secondary school. Athletes with upper class background dominates in the "culture-intensive games" while middle and lower classes are over represented in the "cultural-neutral games". It is recommended that there is need to provide sports infrastructure to primary schools and parents should socialise their siblings into sport on the basis of talent and not status quo.en_US
dc.identifier.citationEast African Journal of Physical Education Vol.1 Issue 2 September 2003en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/13562
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKenyatta University & KAHPER-SDen_US
dc.subjectSESen_US
dc.subjectCulture-intensiveen_US
dc.subjectCulture-neutralen_US
dc.titleInfluence of parents’ socio-economic status on selected Kenyatta university students type of sports Participationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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