52 | Chapter 12 lot more social resources, compared to other organisational forms of sport. Social motivation theory (Hills et al., 2000a) proposes that people experiencing time pressure will mainly choose activities that deliver high social benefits (Kraaykamp et al., 2009). Because of the drop in social resources associatedwith life in the parental home, there will be a greater need for new social contacts once a person moves out. Our expectation in this regard is the following: Moving out to live on one’s own increases the odds of starting a competitive club sport, compared to starting a sport in some other organisational form. Getting married or starting to cohabit Gettingmarried to or starting to cohabit with a partner hasmajor consequences for the resources at one’s disposal. To start with, the costs of a range of activities and household expenditures can be shared. This pertains not only to the financial costs of living and running a household, but also, at least as important, to household chores. Because of these scale advantages, the amount of leisure time a person has increases, at least in theory, when they start to cohabit or get married. However, because activities must be allocated and shared, individuals who move in together or marry are also confronted with a so-called joint time budget (Kraaykamp et al., 2009). Thus, the amount of leisure time that each has at their disposal is no longer dependent only on the activities that they themselves want (or need) to do, but also on the needs and activities of the partner. Perhaps even more significant, however, couples generally do things together. For most couples, the decision to cohabit or marry is made in the course of a long-term relationship, and so the partners can already be said to have a joint time budget. However, that shared time budget will grow when they take the step to share a household, as a natural consequence of the intensification of the relationship. This means that despite the scale advantages mentioned earlier, it may become more difficult to find sufficient leisure time for sport participation. Additionally, moving in together also brings more social resources. Couples develop – if all goes well – a closer bond and greater contact not only with the partner, but also with his or her family, friends and acquaintances. The theorised reduction in available leisure time and the limited need for new social contacts after moving in together or marriage suggest the following hypothesis: Starting to cohabit or getting married reduces the odds of starting
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