Sport and social inclusion: Evidence from the performance of public leisure facilities

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 325-337

  Liu, Yi De ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leisure facilities; National Benchmarking Service; Social inclusion; Sport

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DATABASE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIAL INCLUSION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPORT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 55649100091     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-008-9261-4     Document Type: Article

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