Vol. 7, Issue 1, Part D (2025)

This study investigates sports performance and its association with demographic characteristics like gender, religion, education, and locality among collegiate athletes in Kerala. The sample was comprised of 211 athletes (male=82; female=129) from selected colleges affiliated with four major universities in Kerala. A specially constructed demographic questionnaire was used for data collection. Descriptive statistics and Chi-square were used to analyze the data. The bar charts were used to provide a graphical representation of the results and to understand the distribution visually. The findings indicate that the demographic characteristics related to education status and athletes' living locality show a significant relation with sports performance. Other demographic characteristics like gender and religion have no significant correlation with his/her sports performance. This study definitively answers the question regarding sports performance and its association with demographic characteristics in Kerala athletics.