Cargando…

Family Structure as a Correlate of Organized Sport Participation among Youth

Organized sport is one way that youth participate in physical activity. There are disparities in organized sport participation by family-related factors. The purpose of this study was to determine whether non-traditional family structure and physical custody arrangements are associated with organize...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: McMillan, Rachel, McIsaac, Michael, Janssen, Ian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4749258/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26863108
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147403
_version_ 1782415252946681856
author McMillan, Rachel
McIsaac, Michael
Janssen, Ian
author_facet McMillan, Rachel
McIsaac, Michael
Janssen, Ian
author_sort McMillan, Rachel
collection PubMed
description Organized sport is one way that youth participate in physical activity. There are disparities in organized sport participation by family-related factors. The purpose of this study was to determine whether non-traditional family structure and physical custody arrangements are associated with organized sport participation in youth, and if so whether this relationship is mediated by socioeconomic status. Data were from the 2009–10 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children survey, a nationally representative cross-section of Canadian youth in grades 6–10 (N = 21,201). Information on family structure was derived from three survey items that asked participants the number of adults they lived with, their relationship to these adults, and if applicable, how often they visited another parent outside their home. Participants were asked whether or not they were currently involved in an organized sport. Logistic regression was used to compare the odds of organized sport participation according to family structure. Bootstrap-based mediation analysis was used to assess mediation by perceived family wealth. The results indicated that by comparison to traditional families, boys and girls from reconstituted families with irregular visitation of a second parent, reconstituted families with regular visitation of a second parent, single-parent families with irregular visitation of a second parent, and single-parent families with regular visitation of a second parent were less likely to participate in organized sport than those from traditional families, with odds ratios ranging from 0.48 (95% confidence interval: 0.38–0.61) to 0.78 (95% confidence interval: 0.56–1.08). The relationship between family structure and organized sport was significantly mediated by perceived family wealth, although the magnitude of the mediation was modest (ie, <20% change in effect estimate). In conclusion, youth living in both single-parent and reconstituted families experienced significant disparities in organized sport participation that was partially mediated by perceived family wealth.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-4749258
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2016
publisher Public Library of Science
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-47492582016-02-26 Family Structure as a Correlate of Organized Sport Participation among Youth McMillan, Rachel McIsaac, Michael Janssen, Ian PLoS One Research Article Organized sport is one way that youth participate in physical activity. There are disparities in organized sport participation by family-related factors. The purpose of this study was to determine whether non-traditional family structure and physical custody arrangements are associated with organized sport participation in youth, and if so whether this relationship is mediated by socioeconomic status. Data were from the 2009–10 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children survey, a nationally representative cross-section of Canadian youth in grades 6–10 (N = 21,201). Information on family structure was derived from three survey items that asked participants the number of adults they lived with, their relationship to these adults, and if applicable, how often they visited another parent outside their home. Participants were asked whether or not they were currently involved in an organized sport. Logistic regression was used to compare the odds of organized sport participation according to family structure. Bootstrap-based mediation analysis was used to assess mediation by perceived family wealth. The results indicated that by comparison to traditional families, boys and girls from reconstituted families with irregular visitation of a second parent, reconstituted families with regular visitation of a second parent, single-parent families with irregular visitation of a second parent, and single-parent families with regular visitation of a second parent were less likely to participate in organized sport than those from traditional families, with odds ratios ranging from 0.48 (95% confidence interval: 0.38–0.61) to 0.78 (95% confidence interval: 0.56–1.08). The relationship between family structure and organized sport was significantly mediated by perceived family wealth, although the magnitude of the mediation was modest (ie, <20% change in effect estimate). In conclusion, youth living in both single-parent and reconstituted families experienced significant disparities in organized sport participation that was partially mediated by perceived family wealth. Public Library of Science 2016-02-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4749258/ /pubmed/26863108 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147403 Text en © 2016 McMillan et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Research Article
McMillan, Rachel
McIsaac, Michael
Janssen, Ian
Family Structure as a Correlate of Organized Sport Participation among Youth
title Family Structure as a Correlate of Organized Sport Participation among Youth
title_full Family Structure as a Correlate of Organized Sport Participation among Youth
title_fullStr Family Structure as a Correlate of Organized Sport Participation among Youth
title_full_unstemmed Family Structure as a Correlate of Organized Sport Participation among Youth
title_short Family Structure as a Correlate of Organized Sport Participation among Youth
title_sort family structure as a correlate of organized sport participation among youth
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4749258/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26863108
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147403
work_keys_str_mv AT mcmillanrachel familystructureasacorrelateoforganizedsportparticipationamongyouth
AT mcisaacmichael familystructureasacorrelateoforganizedsportparticipationamongyouth
AT janssenian familystructureasacorrelateoforganizedsportparticipationamongyouth