By John Eakins
In a previous blog entry (here), I looked at the change in Irish household expenditures on two sports related items, admission charges for spectator sports and expenditures related to sports participation (excluding subscriptions). From the analysis of the numbers, it appears that spending toward spectator sports has been harder hit by the fall in household consumption over the 2004/05 to 2009/10 period. In contrast, spending on participation sports, even in volume terms, increased over the period.
Starting today, I will look at five other decompositions of 2009/10 Irish household expenditure on sport. This blog post will be one of five posts running from today (Tuesday) to Saturday. The focus of this post is the Urban-Rural divide. Figure 1 shows that there is greater levels of spending on sports spectating and sports participation by households from urban areas. This is not surprising given the proximity and ease of access that urban dwellers would have to sports events and sports facilities.
Starting today, I will look at five other decompositions of 2009/10 Irish household expenditure on sport. This blog post will be one of five posts running from today (Tuesday) to Saturday. The focus of this post is the Urban-Rural divide. Figure 1 shows that there is greater levels of spending on sports spectating and sports participation by households from urban areas. This is not surprising given the proximity and ease of access that urban dwellers would have to sports events and sports facilities.
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