Student participation in sporting activities

Applied Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1183-1190

  Webber, Don J ^a,b   Mearman, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Policy Research Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SPORT; SPORTS FACILITY; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 67650334179     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840601019216     Document Type: Article

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