Disparities in Youth Sports Participation in the U.S., 2017–2018

In 2019, the National Youth Sports Strategy was released and called for regular analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of U.S. youth sports surveillance data. The purpose of this study is to provide the recent national estimates of U.S. youth aged 6–17 years who participate in sports and examine the differences in participation by demographic characteristics, overall and across age groups. Nationally representative data on parent-reported youth sports participation from the 2017–2018 National Survey of Children's Health (n=36,779) were analyzed in 2019. The prevalence and 95% CIs of youth sports participation were estimated by demographic characteristics, overall and by age group. Investigators assessed the significant (p