Health-related goals are one of the main motivations for starting sports. The potential of physical activity to strengthen public health is also seen by the country, which is trying to establish through national programs a favorable environment for practicing sports for all people. Knowledge and understanding of the influence of social factors helps to design measures that deal with issues regarding sports participation for certain social groups and policies regarding inequality in sports. The aim of the thesis is to define which social factors influence on physical activity of adult Slovenians. Using quantitative analysis, I use secondary data obtained from Slovenian Public Opinion research. I find a positive turn in the intensity of physical culture in recent years. In that regards, a negative consequences in the Slovenian's sports activities as a consequence of the epidemic reveal. I confirm the influence of education, self-rated health status and age, but not the influence of gender and place of residence. Indirectly, I find that the influence of social factors behaves differently depending on the presence of other factors. Therefore, a qualitative research would be needed to properly place the quantitative results in a wider social context, as a supplement to the results' interpretation.
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