Sport for all (2011)

This dissertation is the result of several years of in-depth study into different aspects of the sport participation behavior of European adults. Parts of this research have been presented at (inter)national conferences and/or have been published in (inter)national peer-reviewed journals. This dissertation consists of a collection of ten research papers.

Most of them focus on one or more of the following research questions:

1. To what extent does the level of sport participation differ across European Union countries?
2. To what extent does the level of sport participation vary according to contextual indicators at the national level? 
3. To what extent are individual background characteristics associated with sport participation in the European Union?
4. To what extent does the strength of the association between individual background characteristics and sport participation differ across European Union countries? 
5. To what extent does the strength of the association between individual background characteristics and sport participation vary according to contextual indicators at the national level?