摘要：Introduction.Swimming is one of the most popular sport especially in the summer time. However,many people are still underestimating the risk related to the water environment and in addition,studies dealing with the longitudinal monitoring of the swimming performance of candidates of the study of physical education point out a declining degree of swimming competency with lower levels each year. Swimming competency is affected by a number of different factors: age,conditions and facilities,anatomical,physiological and functional preconditions. In this work,we decided to examine selected socio-economic factors and we focused mainly on the education of the parents,occupation of the parents,the economic strength of the family,but also swimming skills of the parents. Objective. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of sociological and economic factors on the swimming competency of secondary school students. Materials and Methods. The sample consisted of 175 secondary school students (94 male and 81 female). From the original number of 188 students,we excluded 13 students,since they did not meet the conditions necessary to be included in our research. The main method of data collection was a questionnaire which was divided into three parts. ResultsAfter evaluation of the data,we can conclude that the parents´ education level and swimming skills significantly influenced the swimming competency of their children. Economic status had a significant impact on swimming competency only in the case of boys. In addition,parental employment did not affect the students´ swimming competency. Conclusion. This type of information could be relevant to the field of sport humanistic so we can further investigate changing nature of the participation in physical activities.
