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This study examines leisure-time sport participation among adults according to their socio-cultural background and from a time-trend perspective. Using stapled cross-sectional survey data, sport participation trends in Flanders (Belgium) are studied for the 1979-99 period. The study explores the extent to which social inequalities in leisure-time sport still prevail. The results indicate that age, gender and social class remain the most important factors influencing sport involvement. Differences according to age, gender and social class are not only found with respect to participation rates; even among sport participants, social differentiation takes place in terms of the organizational context and participation preferences. Using logistic regression modelling and canonical correlation analysis, stratification patterns and different sporting styles are identified in terms of activities. The findings are discussed in terms of three decades of the Sport for All movement in Flanders.

Sport is a time consuming activity and... "time is money". In this socio-economic study on sport participation in Flanders (Belgium), the price of time is calculated by the wages earned by the sport participants. For each of the fifteen sports selected, representative quotas of sixty male participants were interviewed by questionnaire (n=900). The different sports show different time consumption rates and their practitioners have quite divergent income levels. Consequently, the price of time differs considerably from one sport to another. However, further analysis shows that time does not really affect the hierarchy of financial costs of sports. It is therefore doubtful that the price of time for certain sports has a major influence on the consumers' choice for a particular sport.

This article provides substantial empirical evidence that significant social differences exist in sports involvement in Flanders. A 30-year follow-up study of social stratification in sports was carried out to find out (i) if sports participation in Flanders is still socially stratified, and (ii) if social changes occurred in the status sports pyramid over the years of investigation. Based upon the educational status, the professional status and the geographical status of male and female adults in Flanders, social stratification pyramids in sport were set up for 1969, 1979, 1989 and 1999. Although the amount of sports participation from 1969 until 1999 has increased for each socioprofessional status, a significant difference persists between the high and the low professional levels ( X² test for trend = 85.90; p<0.0001; df=1). The 1999 social sports pyramid continues to be socially stratified, and therefore confirms that sports participation still depends on socioprofessional status.

This article provides substantial empirical evidence that significant social differences exist in sport involvement in Flanders. A 30-year follow-up study of social stratification in sports was carried out to find out (i) if sports participation in Flanders is still socially stratified, and (ii) if social changes occur in the status sport pyramid over the years of investigation. Based upon the socio-educational status, the socio-professional status and the socio-geographical status of male and female adults in Flanders a social stratification pyramid in sports was set up for 1969, 1979, 1989 and 1999. Although the amount of sports participation from 1969 until 1999 has increased for each socio-professional status, a significant difference persists between the high and the low professional levels (x2 test for trend - 85.90; p<0.0001; df=1). The 1999 social sport pyramid continues to be socially stratified, and therefore confirms that sports participation still depends on socio-professional status.