Eynon R B, Kitchen P D, Semotiuk D M
Can J Appl Sport Sci. 1980 Sep;5(3):132-6.
This study investigated the socio-economic status of the parents of Ontario swimmers and parental expenditures, in terms of time and money, in support of competitive swimming. Questionnaires were mailed to a sample of 400 families of Ontario competitive swimmers. Spearman rho analyses were used to determine the relationships of membership fee, total cost and total time spent by the parents to the ability and age of the swimmer and the number of hours of practice and swim meets. Parents of Ontario competitive swimmers are upper middle class and devote a great deal of their time (X = 433 hours) and money (X = $744.00) annually to competitive swimming. Total expenditures and time spend by the parents were greater for those children were young and also for those whose children demonstrated greater ability (i.e., closer to Ontario record). Spearman rho analyses suggested that membership fees are not determined on the basis of age, number of practice hours or number of swim meets.
本研究调查了安大略省游泳运动员父母的社会经济地位以及父母为支持竞技游泳在时间和金钱方面的支出情况。问卷被邮寄给400个安大略省竞技游泳运动员家庭组成的样本。使用斯皮尔曼等级相关系数分析来确定会员费、总成本以及父母花费的总时间与游泳运动员的能力、年龄、训练时长和比赛次数之间的关系。安大略省竞技游泳运动员的父母属于中上层阶级，每年投入大量时间（X = 433小时）和金钱（X = 744.00美元）用于竞技游泳。父母的总支出和时间投入在孩子年幼以及孩子能力更强（即更接近安大略省纪录）的情况下更多。斯皮尔曼等级相关系数分析表明，会员费并非基于年龄、训练时长或比赛次数来确定。
