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Youth Sports
Socioeconomic status
Physical activity
68% of teen girls are not actively participating in sport. Nationally, 32% of girls played sports on a regular basis in 2021. Financial costs to play sports divide American families. Where children play, with whom, and what experiences they take from sports can be impacted by affordability. Children in the U.S. are still having different sports experiences based on money.
Physical activity
Socioeconomic status
Physical activity
Physical activity statistics for adolescent girls are not good. In the United States, only `10.9% of girls aged 12-17 engage in at least 60 minutes of daily physical activity (compared to 18.6 for boys). Low income is associated with less physical activity.
Socioeconomic status
Socioeconomic status
Socioeconomic status
Girls of color, girls of lower socioeconomic status, and girls in urban and rural areas often enter sports later, participate in lower numbers, and drop out earlier than White girls, suburban girls, and girls from higher socioeconomic status.
Sports bras
Socioeconomic status
Socioeconomic status
Breast development and lack of a sports bra may contribute to lower participation of girls in sport, or cause them to drop out. 46% of girls avoided physical activity because of their breasts.
