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Abstract: OBJECTIVE: The purposes of this study were triple. Firstly, to compare the differences of the financial planning of elite athletes among baseball, table tennis and badminton. Secondly, to compare the differences of the financial planning between elite athletes in-service and those not-in-service. Thirdly, to compare the differences of the financial planning between male elite athletes and female elite athletes. METHODS: One hundred and forty-five athletes (average age 26.18±7.10yrs, p>.05) volunteered to participate in the study. They were elite athletes from Taiwan Cooperative Holdings from the following three different groups: baseball (G1, n=33), table-tennis (G2, n=61), and badminton (G3, n=51). The investigation of financial planning was conducted by using a questionnaire. The effective response rate is 100 %. ANOVA and post hoc test was adopted to compare the differences among the three groups using the software package of SPSS 22.0 for Windows. RESULTS: The outcome of the study demonstrated as below. First, the differences of the financial planning of elite athletes among baseball, table tennis and badminton were significant (p<.05). Second, as a whole, the financial planning of elite athletes in-service were significantly (p<.05) better than those not-in-service. Third, in general, the differences of the financial planning between male elite athletes and female elite athletes were not significant (p>.05).
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