Understanding the importance of sport infrastructure for participation in different sports - findings from multi-level modeling

European Sport Management Quarterly

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 525-544

  Hallmann, Kirstin ^a   Wicker, Pamela ^b   Breuer, Christoph ^a   Schönherr, Lauren ^a  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

hierarchical model; physical activity; sport activity; sport facilities; substitution effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870011728     PISSN: 16184742     EISSN: 1746031X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16184742.2012.687756     Document Type: Article

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