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Equal Opportunity for Women in Intercollegiate Sports: Financial Aid and Family Background as Major Influences on Female Participation in Competitive Programs
Author(s) -
Pacey Patricia L.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
american journal of economics and sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1536-7150
pISSN - 0002-9246
DOI - 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1982.tb01678.x
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , proxy (statistics) , liberian dollar , athletes , demographic economics , per capita , scholarship , sample (material) , order (exchange) , economics , business , finance , demography , economic growth , medicine , sociology , physical therapy , population , chemistry , chromatography , machine learning , computer science
A bstract .Financial aid is an important factor in determining women's rate of participation in intercollegiate sports and is likely to become an even more important influence. Regression analysis of data from a representative sample of female athletes attending institutions in the two major divisions of the National Intercollegiate Athletic Association and of financial information from the institutions shows that socioeconomic background also is a major factor. Other variables that explain such participation are total non‐scholarship direct expenditures (a proxy for quality), birth order and per capita direct expenditures. Although a university's or college's dollar commitment is having a major impact, economic considerations indicate there are some potential dangers in allocating grants according to the ratio of female to male athletes.