Money And Children And Physical Activity

Money And Children And Physical Activity.
Many American children can't provide to participate in grammar sports, a new survey finds. Only 30 percent of students in families with annual household incomes of less than $60000 played view sports, compared with 51 percent of students in families that earned $60000 or more a year. The contradistinction may trunk from a common practice - charging middle and high schools students a "pay-to-play" stipend to take part in sports, according to the researchers. The survey, from the University of Michigan Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health, found that the regular school sports participation tariff was $126 per child.

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