In the absence of longitudinal data, recall data is used to examine participation in sport. Techniques of survival … socioeconomic status, which vary over the life-course and by type of sport. The findings add significantly to previous work and have … implications for policymakers wishing to increase physical activity. -- Sporting participation ; Health ; Survival analysis …

segregation in sports by approaching sex segregation in sports as a public health issue. Participation in sports has consequences … for women's health, ranging from physical fitness to disease prevention to self-esteem to mental wellness to eating … sports in which women participate, both of which have implications for the myriad health issues we discuss. The Article …

females it engendered had a beneficial effect on the health of adolescent girls …

applied to competitive sport, which has long defined the women's category on the basis of sex and set it aside for females … into account the relevance of the biology of sex and sex differentiation to institutional mission, is useful beyond sport …