SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS OF PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN SPORTS ENGAGEMENT

Abstract

Summary.

The number of overfed children, not satisfying the daily movement dose, is increasing. It is a serious problem which is to be prevented. The objective of this work is to get the insight into the level of children inclusion (engagement) in different organized sports activities, as well as to find out how the parents level o education and economic situation in the family impact that. Based on the literature search of previoussimilar studies, the results obtained may be consideredin the right way. The data processing has been made by means of Т-test and X2- test. The study covered 1630 parents of primary school children, from I to IV grade in the territory of the towns, as follows: Nis, Vranje, Knjazevac and Pirot. We covered schools both from urban and rural areas of the mentioned cities. Results achieved indicate that the increased educational level of parents and better economic situation impact the children sports engagement.

Keywords: education, sports, Serbia, parents, children