Analysis of the determinants of sports participation in Spain and England

Applied Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 2785-2798

  Kokolakakis, Themis ^a   Lera López, Fernando ^b   Panagouleas, Thanos ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

England; Logistic regression; Spain; Sports economics; Sports participation; Sports policy

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; HIGHER EDUCATION; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPORT;

ENGLAND; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80051763690     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2011.566204     Document Type: Article

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