This statistic displays the mean number of hours children between the age of 2 and 15 spent doing any physical activity over one week, by gender and household income, in England in 2012. Boys in the lowest quintile spent 9.3 hours on any physical activity compared to girls in the lowest quintile who spent 8.5 hours on any physical activity.
Mean number of hours children spend doing any physical activity weekly in England in 2012, by gender and income
* 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.
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Health and Social Care Information Centre. (December 18, 2013). Mean number of hours children spend doing any physical activity weekly in England in 2012, by gender and income [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/330281/time-children-spend-doing-physical-activity-by-gender-and-income-england/
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Mean number of hours children spend doing any physical activity weekly in England in 2012, by gender and income [Graph], Health and Social Care Information Centre, December 18, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/330281/time-children-spend-doing-physical-activity-by-gender-and-income-england/