(1.Research Center of Sports Social Science,Shenyang Sports University,Shenyang 110102,China;2.School of Economics,Liaoning University,Shenyang 110036,China) Abstract: The author analyzed factors which affect the sustainable livelihood assets of athletes by utilizing survey data of Liaoning province, extracted 4 primary factors by using a factor analysis method, did a regression analysis on the 4 primary factors in affecting factors and the conditions of sustainable livelihood assets by establishing an econometric model, revealed that such factors as social security, cultural education, social concern sports event have a significant positive effect on the formation of the sustainable livelihood assets of athletes, and put forward sugges-tions for boosting the formation of the livelihood assets of athletes on the basin of this empirical study. Key words: sport sociology;athlete;sustainable livelihood;livelihood asset;social security |