Ebook Young people and sport in England
This report contains the findings from three national surveys of young people’s involvement in sport, undertaken in 1994, 1999 and 2002. The surveys were conducted on behalf of Sport England by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (OPCS)in 1994, and Market and Opinion Research International (MORI) in 1999 and 2002.
This report compares the results from all three studies, focusing on key indicators of youngpeople’s involvement in sport, including frequency of participation in over 40 sports, and young people’s views about sport and exercise. Reports outlining the full results from the 1994, 1999 and 2002 studies can be found in separate volumes.
Chapter 1 Preface
Background & objectives
The research programme
Analysis
Presentation and implementation of the data
Chapter 2 Key findings
Chapter 3 Sport in school lessons
Participation in sport ‘at least once’ in lessons
Sports participated in at least once in lessons
Participation in sport ‘frequently’ in lessons
Sports participated in ‘frequently’ in lessons
Time spent on PE a week in school – the teachers’ perspective
Chapter 4 Facilities & resources for sport in school
Facilities
Adequacy of facilities
Chapter 5 Sport out of lessons
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Sports participated in ‘at least once’ out of school lessons
The level of participation in sport ‘frequently’ out of lessons
Sports done ‘frequently’ out of lessons
Time spent on sport out of lessons
Time spent on sport during the summer holidays
Chapter 6 Where young people
participate in sport out of lessons
Participation in different contexts
Extra-curricular sport
Sports clubs
Chapter 7 Competing in sports
Participation in competitions
Types of competition
Chapter 8 Motivating involvement in sport
What subjects do young people enjoy?
Is it important to be fit?
Are young people competitive?
Sport as a social activity
What is off-putting about sport?
Chapter 9 Sport in context
The relative popularity of sport as a leisure pursuit
Time spent doing sporting and non-sporting leisure activities
Appendices
Appendix 1 Methodology
Appendix 2 Definitions
Appendix 3 Sports
Appendix 4 Questionnaire Design
Appendix 5 Statistical reliability
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