90 | Chapter 1 3 year a first child was born, the predicted probability to stop practising a sport was 17.4% (11.6% for ending a club membership), compared to 11.4% for years in which this event did not occur (10.3% for ending a club membership). 20% 18% 16% 14% 12% 10% 8% 6% 4% 2% 0% Beginning work Starting to live on one’s own Starting to cohabit or getting married Birth of first child Beginning work Starting to live on one’s own Starting to cohabit or getting married Birth of first child STOP PRACTISING A SPORT ENDING A SPORT CLUB MEMBERSHIP Life event did not occur Life event occured Figure 3.2 Predicted probabilities for stopping a sport and ending a sport club membership in young adulthood (ages 18–35), for years with a life event and years without a life event. Source: SportersMonitor 2010 (Nstopping a sport=2272; Nending a sport club membership=1530). The effects of the control variables were rather similar in Model 1 and Model 2. This indicates that the four life events foremost independently affected the risk to stop practising a sport and end a sport club membership. Again, looking at Model 2, consistent with earlier research (De Bruyn and Bringé, 2006; Engel and Nagel, 2011) participation duration had a negative effect. For every consecutive year a young adult continued to practise a sport without stopping, the risks to stop practising a sport and end a sport club membership decreased (b=–0.086 and b=–0.051, respectively). In addition, as the number of sports practised by a respondent increased, the risks to stop practising a sport (b=0.293) and end a club membership (b=0.148) rose. Intrinsic motivation only affected the risk to stop practising a sport, not the risk of ending a club membership. In years in which respondents were more intrinsically motivated to participate in sport, there was less risk to stop practising a sport than in years in which respondents expressed less intrinsic motivation (b=–0.097). Sport participation in childhood had a significant negative effect. Thus, the risks to stop practising a sport (b=–0.192) and end a sport club membership (b=–0.302) were lower for respondents who had practised one or more sports frequently between ages
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