Abstract
This paper examines the risks that significant life transitions (e.g. getting married, buying a house, having children, changing jobs) have on the sporting biographies & leisure careers of adults in north-west England, & explores the implications of these for health. In doing so, the paper reports on data generated by questionnaires completed between June & July 2009 by 60 30-35-year-olds who were asked questions about their involvement in a range of home-based leisure & out-of-home leisure activities. Follow-up semi-structured interviews–which explored the sporting & leisure careers of adults–were also conducted with 19 of the survey respondents during August 2009. The findings of the study suggest that the extent to which adults’ leisure, health behaviours & sporting biographies changed over the life course from childhood, through to youth & then young adulthood, was significantly related to the risks posed by the numbers & kinds of transitions experienced (especially since age 16), family relationships & cultures, the development of sporting habitus, and the construction of ‘wide sporting repertoires’ during youth.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
| Event | 17th International Sociological Association World Congress of Sociology - , Sweden Duration: 11 Jul 2010 → 17 Jul 2010 |
Conference
| Conference | 17th International Sociological Association World Congress of Sociology |
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| Country/Territory | Sweden |
| Period | 11/07/10 → 17/07/10 |