Girls who play after-school sport in UK 50% more likely to later get top jobs, study finds

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/sep/11/girls-who-play-after-school-sport-in-uk-50-more-likely-to-later-get-top-jobs-study-finds

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Elkenders@feddit.uk · 10 pts · 329d (3 replies)

I wonder what the correlation is with parents putting their kids into after schools clubs due to both parents working, meaning a higher possibility of nepotism?

Valmond@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 329d

Like that American study showing girls who had a horse growing up were in better health later in life lol.

Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 329d (1 reply)

I feel like both parents working is more common in working class families then rich ones. A rich family may have one of the parents working part time or not at all because they can afford it.

Elkenders@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 329d

Yeah I figured the same after pondering a bit. I just wonder if there's some other correlation other than 'it makes you better at getting a good job'.

NickwithaC@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 330d

Competitive children become competitive adults? Well I never!

sunbeam60@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 329d

Correlation is not causation.