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The article is published in the international peer-reviewed academic journal European Journal for Sport and Society (Vol. 21, Issue 2, 2024): Participation in street sports - a national study of participation patterns among youth and adults
What is the study about?
This study analyses which demographic factors are associated with participation in street sports among young people and adults in Denmark. The data are drawn from the national cross-sectional survey Danmark i Bevægelse/Moving Denmark, conducted in 2020 among individuals aged 15 years and older residing in Denmark (n = 157,856). The article demonstrates how street sports may have the potential to engage individuals who are typically less physically active and provides an evidence base for initiatives that use street sports as a tool for social inclusion in sport.
Main conclusions:
- Participation in street sports is equally prevalent among men and women; however, women’s participation is primarily concentrated in two activities: street dance and roller skating.
- Immigrants and descendants are more active in street sports—particularly street basketball, street soccer, street dance, and calisthenics—than ethnic Danes.
- Individuals with shorter levels of formal education are more likely to participate in street sports than those with longer educational attainment.
The latter two findings indicate that patterns of participation in street sports differ from those observed in organised, club-based sport.
Published: 2023
Authors:
Zakarias Engell, Signe Højbjerre Larsen, and Karsten Elmose-Østerlund, from the Centre for Research in Sport, Health and Civil Society, University of Southern Denmark
Contact:
Signe Højbjerre Larsen, shojbjerre@health.sdu.dk.
Support/Funding:
Nordea-fonden.