The determinants and income elasticities of direct and indirect sports expenditure categories.

Autor/inn/en	Thibaut, Erik; Eakins, John; Vos, Steven; Scheerder, Jeroen
Titel	The determinants and income elasticities of direct and indirect sports expenditure categories. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Determinanten und Einkommenselastizitäten von Kategorien der direkten und indirekten Ausgaben für den Sport.
Quelle	In: European Sport management quarterly, 18 (2018) 2, S. 175-192 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1618-4742; 1746-031X
DOI	10.1080/16184742.2017.1341539
Schlagwörter	Bildung; Familie; Kind; Landbevölkerung; Soziale Schicht; Sport; Sportaktivität; Sportausrüstung; Sportpolitik; Sportökonomie; Training; Wettkampf; Einkommen; Konsum; Kosten; Tourismus; Subventionierung; Verein; Mitglied; Stadtbevölkerung
Abstract	Research question: the current study investigates the income elasticities and socio-economic determinants of direct and indirect sports expenditure categories by means of a log normal hurdle regression. Research methods: The data stem from a representative sample of 3005 Flemish families with school-aged children, gathered through a sports-specific survey. A log normal hurdle regression was used to calculate the determining factors and expenditure elasticities of expenditure on sports participation. Results and findings: The results indicate that income, education and the age of the youngest child are positively related to almost all sports expenditure categories, while the number of family members and degree of urbanisation are significant for only a number of the expenditure categories. The elasticity value of the direct sports expenses is smaller than is the case for indirect sports expenditure. Between the expenditure categories large differences exist, as relatively large elasticities are found for sports holidays, transport and sports food and drinks, as opposed to low values of sports events, sports club membership, entrance fees for sports infrastructure, sports camps, clothing, footwear and equipment. Implications: The fact that income significantly influences all expenditure categories demonstrates that further policy intervention is required to make sports consumption more accessible to lower income groups. Sports enterprises and policy-makers need to be aware that negative income shifts have a more profound impact on the indirect expenditure categories, and that certain sports activities (e.g. participation events) are relatively more favoured by low-income groups than is the case for sports club membership. (Autor).
Erfasst von	Bundesinstitut für Sportwissenschaft, Bonn
Update	2019/1