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Scottish Health Survey 2016 - volume 1: main report
Statistics relating to the health of people living in Scotland.
Table 3.8 Percentage of children participating in sport, 1998 to 2016
Aged 2-15 | 1998 - 2016 | ||||||||||
Proportion meeting guidelinea,b | 1998 | 2003 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
% | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
Boys | |||||||||||
Yes | 72 | 74 | 74 | 76 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 71 | 68 | 69 | 70 |
No | 28 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 27 | 28 | 33 | 29 | 32 | 31 | 30 |
Girls | |||||||||||
Yes | 65 | 69 | 67 | 70 | 67 | 67 | 65 | 63 | 65 | 66 | 67 |
No | 35 | 31 | 33 | 30 | 33 | 33 | 35 | 37 | 35 | 34 | 33 |
All children | |||||||||||
Yes | 69 | 72 | 71 | 73 | 70 | 69 | 66 | 67 | 67 | 68 | 68 |
No | 31 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 30 | 31 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 32 |
Bases (weighted): | |||||||||||
Boys | 1096 | 1514 | 790 | 1155 | 794 | 878 | 802 | 830 | 742 | 627 | 690 |
Girls | 1046 | 1448 | 736 | 1110 | 763 | 838 | 759 | 788 | 720 | 627 | 673 |
All children | 2142 | 2961 | 1526 | 2265 | 1556 | 1716 | 1561 | 1617 | 1462 | 1254 | 1364 |
Bases (unweighted): | |||||||||||
Boys | 1987 | 1462 | 763 | 1156 | 823 | 853 | 763 | 819 | 729 | 635 | 666 |
Girls | 1905 | 1467 | 752 | 1102 | 711 | 835 | 784 | 762 | 730 | 612 | 679 |
All children | 3892 | 2929 | 1515 | 2258 | 1534 | 1688 | 1547 | 1581 | 1459 | 1247 | 1345 |
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