Youth ages 6-18 from low-income homes quit sports because of the financial costs at six times the rate of kids from high-income homes, according to a national survey of parents by the Aspen Institute’s Project Play initiative and Utah State University’s Families in Sport Lab.
The average child spends less than three years playing a sport and quits by age 11.
Sports offer a myriad of physical, social, emotional, and cognitive benefits
Lower costs promote more participation and cost is a barrier to sports participation
Increasing activity improves mental and physical health
Children who continue to play sports into their adolescence are those from high-income households
Obesity prevalence was 26.2% among Hispanic children, 24.8% among non-Hispanic Black children, 16.6% among non-Hispanic White children, and 9.0% among non-Hispanic Asian children for children 2-19 from 2017-2020
Obesity prevalence was 18.9% among children and adolescents aged 2-19 years in the lowest-income group, 19.9% among those in the middle-income group, and 10.9% among those in the highest-income group
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Youth ages 6-18 from low-income homes quit sports because of the financial costs at six times the rate of kids from high-income homes, according to a national survey of parents by the Aspen Institute’s Project Play initiative and Utah State University’s Families in Sport Lab.
The average child spends less than three years playing a sport and quits by age 11.