Watersport participants: share of club members 2014 statistic

This statistic displays the results of a survey on the shares of club and association members among watersport participants in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2014, by type of activity. In 2014, it was found that 18.2 percent of responding kitesurfers stated that they are members of a club or association for kitesurfing.

Shares of club and association members among watersport participants in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2014, by type of activity

Characteristic	Member proportion
Yacht racing	34.3%
Small sail boat racing - dinghies	32.3%
Water skiing / wake-boarding	30.5%
Canoeing / kayaking	29.4%
Small sail boat activities - dinghies	22.5%
Power boating	21.8%
Canal boating	21.1%
Yacht cruising	19.8%
Angling	19.3%
Kitesurfing	18.2%
Rowing / Sculling	15.3%
Motor boating / cruising	14.9%
Windsurfing	7.9%
Leisure sub aqua diving	6.6%
Cliff climbing	4.7%
Outdoor swimming	4.6%
Using personal watercraft - jet-ski / similar	3.9%
Surfboarding	3.2%
Coasteering	1.6%

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Release date

March 2015

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2002 to 2014

Number of respondents

12,000*

Special properties

nationally representative sample.

Method of interview

Omnibus survey

Supplementary notes

* The source adds the following information: "The data on which the 2005 -2014 analyses have been based, come from a nationally representative sample of around 12,000 respondents across the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) via omnibus.
In 2011, in addition to the omnibus survey a bespoke online survey was introduced to ask more detailed questions of a representative sample of watersport participants. In 2014 the sample for this survey was 2,562."

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