An Extension of Sports Demography: Duration Analysis Applied to Populations of Sports Federation Members

Demographic analysis of populations of sports federation members gives a clearer understanding of the way club sports are practiced, beyond the stereotypical image conveyed by the sports media. What happens between the time a person joins a sports federation and the moment he or she decides to leave...

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Published inPopulation (France) Vol. 61; no. 5/6; p. 685
Main Authors de Bruyn, Florence, Bringé, Arnaud
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Paris Institut National d'études Démographiques 01.09.2006
Subjects
Age
Careers
Changes
Child development
Demographics
Demography
Federations
Population
School dropout programs
School dropouts
Socialization
Sports
Sports history
Swimming
Variables
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Summary:Demographic analysis of populations of sports federation members gives a clearer understanding of the way club sports are practiced, beyond the stereotypical image conveyed by the sports media. What happens between the time a person joins a sports federation and the moment he or she decides to leave? What is a sporting career? The founding studies of sports demography reveal the exceptional mobility of sporting populations, the effects of age and sex and the existence of individuals who drop their sporting activity but return to it later, though the question has rarely been approached in terms of population dynamics. The aim of this short paper is firstly to retrace the history of sports demography and explain the underlying rationale, and secondly to propose a methodological extension by applying a duration analysis to the population of members of the Fédération française de natation (French swimming federation, FFN) between 1997 and 2003. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0032-4663
1957-7966