Investigation on the Family and Social Class Background of Professional Athletes in Zhejiang Province

Based on the theory of social stratification,and using the methods of literature,questionnaire research and social statistics in this study,the status of the sources of social classes of professional athletes,the accurate characters and distributing situations of sources of social classes of the professional athletes in Zhejiang was studied,through making comparison on social class structure of Zhejiang,the difference of sports participation was analyzed.The result shows that the proportion of professional athletes from the urban households has far more than that of the rural,and the proportion of female has exceeded male's slightly among the professional athletes from the urban households,but the male has far exceeded the female among the professional athletes from the rural households.The proportion from urban and rural places of different project categories of professional athletes was of significant differences.Most of the professional athletes in Zhejiang Province are from individual business sectors.Compared with the social class structure of Zhejiang Province,professional athletes are relatively more from individual business and private entrepreneur.The professional athletes from the upper social class are mainly involved to mall ball,swimming and big ball games,while the professional athletes from the bottom are mainly involved in athletics and heavy athletic events.The parents of professional athletes of Zhejiang province have relative lack of cultural resources,showing the status of low education.