Parental, socio and cultural factors associated with adolescents' sports participation in four Danish municipalities

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 606-611

  Toftegaard Stockel J ^a   Nielsen, G A ^a   Ibsen, B ^a   Andersen, L B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Physical activity; Social factors; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENMARK; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; DENMARK; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SOCIAL CLASS; SPORTS;

EID: 79960260679     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2010.01093.x     Document Type: Article

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