Table 3. Rank ordering of parent perceptions of the most important benefits and costs of youth sport by income tertile.

	Low income		Middle income		High income
Ranking		%		%		%
Benefit
1	Have fun	80%	Have fun	78%	Have fun	82%
2	Be physically active	71%	Be physically active	69%	Be physically active	73%
3	Learn to be a good winner and loser	69%	Develop teamwork skills	68%	Develop teamwork skills	66%
4	Develop teamwork skills	68%	Learn to be a good winner and loser	62%	Learn to be a good winner and loser	62%
5	Keep out of trouble	64%	Make friends	54%	Make friends	53%
6	Improve strength and stamina	57%	Keep out of trouble	48%	Improve strength and stamina	47%
7	Make friends	55%	Improve strength and stamina	47%	Keep out of trouble	40%
8	Obtain a college athletic scholarship	26%	Obtain a college athletic scholarship	14%	Obtain a college athletic scholarship	8%
Cost
1	Risk of concussion	55%	Impact on schoolwork	39%	Risk of concussion	41%
2	Risk of injury (non-concussion)	52%	Risk of concussion	38%	Impact on schoolwork	38%
3	Impact on schoolwork	51%	Risk of injury (non-concussion)	32%	Risk of injury (non-concussion)	36%
4	Cost of sport participation	41%	Cost of sport participation	28%	Time for other activities	19%
5	Emotional stress of sport	32%	Emotional stress of sport	22%	Getting child to practices/games	18%
6	Getting child to practices/games	31%	Time for other activities	22%	Emotional stress of sport	16%
7	Time for other activities	29%	Getting child to practices/games	21%	Cost of sport participation	16%

Note: Percentage listed is the percentage of parents in that income terile who indicated that each cost or benefit was “very much a concern” or “very important” in sport choice decisions.