Survey: Boating kids are healthier kids
http://www.nmma.org/press/
Children who go
boating are physically and psychologically healthier than those who don't, according to a
survey conducted by Impulse
Research Corp. for the National
Marine Manufacturers Association.
The online
survey was conducted with a random sample of 1,004 parents - half of whom have
children who
boat regularly and half who don't. Seventy-one percent of families who
boat responding to the survey reported having healthy children, compared to 61 percent of non-boating families.
In addition to physical benefits, active involvement in boating seems to play a role in psychological and social development of children, the survey indicates. Nearly two-thirds of responding boaters (63 percent) indicated their children are team players, compared to 53 percent of non-boaters, and tend to be more optimistic and self confident (52 percent compared to 43 percent).
Three-fourths of responding boaters said their children were leaders in their social groups, as opposed to 65 percent of non-boating children.
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