Time children spend doing formal sports weekly in England 2012, by gender and income

Published by Statista Research Department, Dec 18, 2013

This statistic displays the mean number of hours children between the age of 2 and 15 spent doing formal sports activities weekly, by gender and household income, in England in 2012. Boys from the 2nd quintile spent 1.6 hours doing formal sports activities.

Mean number of hours children spend doing formal sports and activities weekly in England in 2012, by gender and income

Equivalised household income quintile	Highest	2nd	3rd	4th	Lowest
Boys	2.1	1.6	1.5	1.4	1.2
Girls	1.6	1.1	0.9	0.6	0.6

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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

1,433*

Age group

2-15 years

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

* Weighted bases: n (boys) = 736; n (girls) = 697.

The source provides the following information about the data:
Mean and median are based on all participants.

Informal sports/exercise/ active play include: cycling (apart from to and from school), hopscotch, bouncing on trampoline, playing around, e.g.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, swimmming (either laps or splashing about), gymnastics, workout with gym machines, weight training, aerobics.

Does not include walking/cycling to or from 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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