The sport consumption in Portugal : survey presentation and discussion

摘要

The main objective of the present paper is to present a survey designed to describeand to explain the extension and the structure of the demand of sport merchandiseand sport services in Portugal. The Portuguese population is questioned for the firsttime directly on their sport expenditures. The presented survey contributes withrepresentative and quantitative scientific data to understand the economy of sport.The results of this survey will help decision-making in Science, Politics, Economy andSport.In the beginning of this paper, the economic and non-economic sport demanddeterminants are briefly worked out and presented. Subsequently, the entire fieldresearch methodology is uncovered. Some results will be available at the internationalconference.This paper is meant to be one of my background documents for my PhD studies inSport Science at the German Sports University Cologne, in Germany, being at thesame time the content of sport economics research at the Economic Policies ResearchUnit of the Faculty of Economics and Management of the Minho University in Braga,Portugal.