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Abstract
This study examines the associations between sports involvement and alcohol use. Research on drinking and recreational sports has shown inconsistent findings concerning the associations between sports participation and drinking. While some have found a negative relation between sports and drinking, others found the associations to be non-significant. Unfortunately, many studies have overlooked the effects of age, sex, and marital status on sports participation and alcohol use. Using data from the Ontario Health Survey, two hypotheses are tested: 1) drinkers are physically more active than non-drinkers, because the former are more likely to be young, male, or single; and 2) among drinkers, frequency of sports participation decreases with increasing frequency of drinking. Multivariate analyses results (MCA) show some support for the first hypothesis, but not for the second. Although drinking is an important predictor for sports involvement, there seems to be a curvilinear association between sports participation and frequency of drinking.
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