Scottish Parents' Survey 2021 - children and young people's play: results

6. Factors that would encourage or support parents to play more with children

Parents of children aged 0-11 were asked what would encourage or support them to play more with their children.

The most commonly selected factors were having more time (71%) and access to more indoor and outdoor play spaces (52%). Smaller percentages also identified access to physical play resources (28%) and online play resources (19%). Figure 6.1 shows the responses to this question.

Unweighted Base: 510 (all those with children aged 0-11 in the household)

Men were more likely than women to say that having more time would encourage or support them to play with their child or children (80% compared with 66%). Men were also more likely than women to say that access to more physical play resources would encourage more play (35% compared with 24%).