Time children spend doing physical activities 2012 Statistic

This statistic displays the mean number of hours spent by children in different physical activities, over one week by gender in England from January to December 2012. In that week, girls spent on average 1.8 hours and boys spent on average 1.7 hours walking.

Mean number of hours children spend on selected physical activities over one week in England in 2012, by gender (in hours)

Characteristic	All physical activities	Informal sports/ exercise/ active play	Walking	Formal sports/ activities
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Release date

December 2013

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

January to December 2012

Number of respondents

1,702*

Age group

2-15 years

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

* Weighted base- n (boys)= 861; n (girls)= 841

The source provides the following information about the data:

Walking does not include walking to or from school, which is reported separately.

Totals on at least one day in the last week may differ as some who reported participation in an activtity did not provide frequency/duration information, and are included in 'None' in this table.

Informal sports/exercise/active play include: cycling, hopscotch, bouncing on trampoline, playing around, e.e. kicking a ball around, catch, hide and seek, skating, skateboarding, using a scooter, dancing, skipping rope, vacuuming, cleaning car, gardening, etc. Cycling does not include cycling to or from school, which is reported separately.

Formal sports/activities include: football, rugby, hockey, lacrosse, netball, basketball, handball, cricket, rounders, tennis, badminton, squash, running, jogging, athletics, swimming (either laps or splashing about), gymnastics, workout with gym machines, weight training, aerobics.

Does not include walking or cycling to school.

Bases given are for walking. All other bases vary but are of similar magnitude.
This statistic is using original data from the Health and Social Care Information Centre and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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