This statistic depicts the results of a survey about the leading barriers for adults to participate in sports and activities in New Zealand in 2017. During the survey period, around 58 percent of adults in New Zealand stated that other commitments such as work or family were a barrier for them to participate in sports or activities.
Leading barriers for adults to participate in sports and activities in New Zealand in 2017
survey method included online and postal self-completion surveys
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
Note: Data has been weighted by the source to reflect the population.
According to the source, participants are people who have been physically active in sport or recreation in the past seven days, where this participation excludes any physical activity undertaken for work or chores. Participation can include physical activity undertaken to get from one place to another (active transport) if the respondent considers it to be for sport or active recreation.
The survey question was phrased as follows:
For adults: ‘For what reasons are you not doing as much physical
activity as you would like? For what reasons do you not want to do more
physical activity than you are currently doing?’.
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Sport New Zealand. (December 21, 2018). Leading barriers for adults to participate in sports and activities in New Zealand in 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/983970/new-zealand-main-barriers-for-adults-to-participate-in-sports-and-activities/
Sport New Zealand. "Leading barriers for adults to participate in sports and activities in New Zealand in 2017." Chart. December 21, 2018. Statista. Accessed November 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/983970/new-zealand-main-barriers-for-adults-to-participate-in-sports-and-activities/
Sport New Zealand. (2018). Leading barriers for adults to participate in sports and activities in New Zealand in 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/983970/new-zealand-main-barriers-for-adults-to-participate-in-sports-and-activities/
Sport New Zealand. "Leading Barriers for Adults to Participate in Sports and Activities in New Zealand in 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Dec 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/983970/new-zealand-main-barriers-for-adults-to-participate-in-sports-and-activities/
Sport New Zealand, Leading barriers for adults to participate in sports and activities in New Zealand in 2017 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/983970/new-zealand-main-barriers-for-adults-to-participate-in-sports-and-activities/ (last visited November 18, 2024)
Leading barriers for adults to participate in sports and activities in New Zealand in 2017 [Graph], Sport New Zealand, December 21, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/983970/new-zealand-main-barriers-for-adults-to-participate-in-sports-and-activities/
