Family structure, time constraints, and sport participation

European Review of Aging and Physical Activity

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 57-66

  Ruseski, Jane E ^a   Humphreys, Brad R ^a   Hallmann, Kirstin ^b   Breuer, Christoph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Family structure; Physical activity; Time allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 82355182062     PISSN: 18137253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11556-011-0084-y     Document Type: Article

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