Associations between sport participation, demographic and socio-cultural factors in Portuguese children and adolescents

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-30

  Seabra, André F ^a   Mendonça, Denisa M ^a   Thomis, Martine A ^b   Peters, Tim J ^c   Maia, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Demographic; Socio cultural; Sport participation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEER GROUP; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SPORTS;

EID: 38549087566     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckm049     Document Type: Article

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