The relationships between active sport involvement and 16 variables were determined for 215 boys and 232 girls, ages 9 to 12 years, from five schools in urban Costa Rica. Data were collected by administration of a Spanish version of the Sport Interest Inventory of Greendorfer and Lewko. Significant coefficients ranged from .27 to .53. For boys, opportunity set, male friends, values toward sport, and mother, respectively, related highest to active involvement in sport. The variables relating highest were the same for girls bur the order was different.
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