The relationship between socioeconomic status and organized sports participation among Chinese children and adolescents: the chain-mediated role of parental physical exercise and parental support

Socioeconomic status not only directly influences organized sports participation among children and adolescents but also indirectly influences organized sports participation through parental physical exercise and parental support. This study posits that reducing socioeconomic status disparities in organized sports participation among children and adolescents requires not only a focus on children and adolescents of lower socioeconomic status but also increased parental physical exercise and parental support.