Money And Children And Physical Activity

Money And Children And Physical Activity.
Many American children can't yield to participate in denomination sports, a creative survey finds. Only 30 percent of students in families with annual household incomes of less than $60000 played infuse with sports, compared with 51 percent of students in families that earned $60000 or more a year. The distinction may arrest from a banal practice - charging middle and extreme schools students a "pay-to-play" fee to take part in sports, according to the researchers proextender. The survey, from the University of Michigan Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health, found that the regular persuasion sports participation cost was $126 per child.

While 38 percent of students did not payment sports participation fees - some received waivers for those fees - 18 percent paid $200 or more. In totalling to pay-to-play fees, parents in the examine said they also paid an unexceptional of $275 in other sports-related costs such as tackle and travel. "So, the typical cost for sports participation was $400 per child. For many families, that outlay is out of reach," Sarah Clark, confidant research scientist at the university's Child Health Evaluation and Research Unit, said in a university info release.