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1 Data taken from NHS Information Centre Health Survey for England (HSE) 2008. Children aged 13-15 were asked questions directly about their
physical activity, while the parents of children aged 2-12 were asked the questions on the child’s behalf. Existing literature suggests that children are
less likely that adults to accurately report physical activities. A total of 7,521 young people aged 2-15 were interviewed in 2008. England only.
2 Data taken from the DCSF Children and Young People’s Participation in Organised Sport Omnibus Survey, 2009. ‘Organised Sport’ is defined as
‘sport, dance or other physical activity which is organised and led by an instructor like a coach, teacher, sports leader or someone else, including any
training for events or competitions’. ‘Outside the school day’ is defined as ‘either before school starts or after lesson ends including the weekend’. ‘In
and out of school’ is defined as ‘both during the school day i.e. during lesson time, including PE lessons, lunchtime, or break times and outside the
school day’ as described above. Respondents are asked to recall the previous seven days of activity not including the day on which the interview took
place. See table below for bases. England
All respondents = 11,821
Male Age 5-8 Age 9-12 Age 13-16 Age 17-19
5,878 1,714 1,581 1,544 1,039
Female Age 5-8 Age 9-12 Age 13-16 Age 17-19
5,943 1,438 1,567 1,815 1,123
Those aged 5 to 16 in years R-11 who attended school or college for exactly 5 days in last
week = 6,267
Male Age 5-8 Age 9-12 Age 13-16
3,177 1,222 1,150 805
Female Age 5-8 Age 9-12 Age 13-16
3,090 1,027 1,113 950
3 Data taken from the Department for Education (formerly DCSF) PE and Sport Survey, 2009/10. All partnership schools in England were surveyed with
responses from 21,436 schools (99.8%) and 357 FE colleges (99.4%). ‘PE’ is the planned teaching and learning programme in curriculum time that
meets the requirements of the national curriculum for physical education. ‘High quality’ is defined as ‘producing young people with the skills,
understanding, desire and commitment to continue to improve and achieve in a range of PE, sport and health-enhancing physical activities, in line with
their abilities’. ‘School sport’ includes any activity that requires physical skilfulness and is part of the school’s planned formal, semi-formal, supervised or
led provision. School sport typically takes place out of school hours. England
4 Data taken from the DCMS Taking Part Child Survey 2009/10. Boys, and girls age 5-15 were asked about their engagement and non-engagement in
sport activities during the four weeks prior to interview. To count, the respondent must have participated in the activity for at least 30 minutes. England
5 Data from the Youth Sport Trust’s Voice of the Young Survey, 2007. Base = 1,122 young people aged from under 11 to 18; 524 boys and 598 girls.
Great Britain
6 Data taken from Girlguiding UK Girls Shout Out! Survey, 2007. Bases: girls aged 10-15 =1,039; girls aged 16-25 =581. UK
7 Data taken from Girlguiding UK Girls’ Attitudes Survey, 2010. Around 1,200 girls aged 7-21 were asked their attitudes to key social, political and
economic issues. UK
8 Data taken from the WSFF’s BMRB Omnibus Survey, November 2008. Bases: girls aged 10-15 =56; young women aged 16-20 = 62. Great Britain
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Women’s Sport and Fitness Foundation Young women and girls’ physical activity: December 2010