Determinants of sports participation and attendance: differences and similarities

Abstract

This paper analyses the determinants of sports participation and attendance in 40 sports and recreational activities in Spain. Ordered probit models are used to identify determinants in each case and to test for possible relationships. The results show that the two types of involvement, participation and attendance, are very different, the former constrained by economic, sociological and psychological variables such as gender, age, time availability and motivational factors, the latter explained by variables such as age, gender and size of household.

Citation

Lera-López, F. and Rapún-Gárate, M. (2011), "Determinants of sports participation and attendance: differences and similarities", International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship, Vol. 12 No. 2, pp. 66-89. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSMS-12-02-2011-B007