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Lastly, we look at demographics as a predictor of participation. Worldwide, young people (under-35s) are 58% more likely to participate in sports than older people, and men are 62% more likely to participate than women. People in the top third of income are 13% more likely to participate than those in the bottom third.
But how do these demographic differences play out in different countries?
It is the Anglo-Saxon economies of the USA, Australia, and the UK that exhibit relatively high levels of demographic inequality on every dimension – doubtless reflecting the interlinked nature of economic and demographic inequalities (in the US, for example, people from richer households are 36% more likely to participate than poorer people, as well as huge age and gender divergences). At the other end of the scale is China, where age and income inequalities in sports participation are negligible (in fact, slightly ‘negative’ in age – i.e. it is the only country where older people register a (marginally) higher rate of participation than younger people).
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