Table 1 Differences between immigrant and Nordic youth across the sports-participation dimensions and the parenting-behavior domain

Parents’ employee status

1.92 (.30)

1.29 (.78)

198.42

.001

.26

Age

14.00 (.21)

14.22 (.54)

45.06

.001

.08

Gender

53.3%

50.7%

.13

.132

.02

Role modeling

1.74 (1.30)

1.07 (1.31)

28.63

.001

.05

Sports-related co-activities

2.41 (1.14)

2.40 (1.03)

.01

.932

.00

Youth’s attainment values T1

2.66 (1.11)

2.58 (1.09)

.61

.435

.00

Youth’s attainment values T2

2.50 (1.09)

2.33 (1.01)

2.8

.094

.01

Participation in sports T1

73%

57.2%

12.97

.001

.15

Participation in sports T2

70.6%

39.6%

33.06

.001

.28

Sports intensity T1

9.31 (4.11)

8.77 (4.14)

1.09

.298

.00

Sports intensity T2

9.75 (6.00)

6.27 (5.94)

15.87

.001

.05

Continued sports participation

92.8%

71.3%

29.00

.001

.28