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December 22, 2025

Gender segregation in sport participation among children and adolescents: The influence of parental education and physical activity

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LCLeandro Iván CanzioHWHagen WäscheTHThomas Hinz

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Overview

Observations reveal parental education and physical activity influence gender segregation in sport participation among children and adolescents.

Key Points

  • This research examines how parental physical activity and education affect children's participation in gendered sports.
  • Analyzed data from a large dataset of children and adolescents in Germany (N = 9,224)
  • Explored the relationship between parental physical activity and children's engagement in gender-typical and gender-atypical sports
  • Investigated the impact of parental education on sport participation patterns among boys and girls.
  • Parental physical activity is linked to children's sports engagement in a gendered manner
  • Boys participate more in male-dominated sports if only their father is active
  • Girls trend towards female-dominated sports with an active mother
  • Limited correlation found between parental education and participation in gender-typical sports for boys

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Canzio et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69488bc877063b71e748cfbfhttps://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/2qjy8_v2
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