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The Scottish Health Survey 2008

Published: 29 September 2009
ISBN: 9780755981076

Table 6.1 Participation in different activity types for at least 15 minutes in the last four weeks, 1998, 2003, 2008, by age and sex ^a

Aged 16-74
1998, 2003, 2008

Activity type (participation for at least 15 minutes at a time)	Age
	16-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	Total 16-74
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Men
1998
Heavy Housework	38	52	48	45	32	36	43
Heavy Manual/Gardening/ DIY	19	31	33	33	25	23	28
Walking	45	42	37	27	19	13	33
Sports and Exercise	78	60	47	30	17	13	44
Any physical activities	95	92	86	78	58	55	80
Meeting activity recommendations ^b	57	52	41	34	27	14	40
2003
Heavy Housework	30	50	48	43	38	35	41
Heavy Manual/Gardening/ DIY	16	29	33	33	35	27	29
Walking	50	48	40	29	25	16	36
Sports and Exercise	72	62	57	46	36	31	52
Any physical activities	87	91	89	83	74	64	83
Meeting activity recommendations ^b	57	54	44	37	32	19	42
2008
Heavy Housework	28	49	52	49	42	41	44
Heavy Manual/Gardening/ DIY	15	28	33	32	33	25	28
Walking	53	50	40	35	28	21	39
Sports and Exercise	71	65	52	36	24	19	45
Any physical activities	90	93	89	82	73	64	83
Meeting activity recommendations ^b	57	62	51	42	36	21	46
Women
1998
Heavy Housework	52	72	74	66	55	43	62
Heavy Manual/Gardening/ DIY	5	12	15	13	9	6	11
Walking	36	30	31	25	19	12	26
Sports and Exercise	63	49	42	32	25	14	39
Any physical activities	85	89	89	82	69	53	80
Meeting activity recommendations ^b	35	34	36	31	20	8	29
2003
Heavy Housework	46	75	73	66	62	47	63
Heavy Manual/ Gardening/ DIY	3	11	14	15	12	7	11
Walking	34	38	32	29	24	13	29
Sports and Exercise	58	55	47	40	30	26	44
Any physical activities	82	93	90	82	78	61	82
Meeting activity recommendations ^b	34	39	38	33	26	14	32
2008
Heavy Housework	50	75	72	68	62	55	65
Heavy Manual/ Gardening/ DIY	2	7	17	14	13	13	11
Walking	42	36	38	32	24	19	32
Sports and Exercise	59	50	49	36	26	23	41
Any physical activities	83	90	88	84	75	67	82
Meeting activity recommendations ^b	40	41	42	35	29	20	35
Bases (weighted):
Men 1998	708	953	902	777	606	469	4415
Men 2003	580	610	761	670	569	406	3596
Men 2008	464	481	561	555	480	327	2867
Women 1998	677	942	912	798	662	583	4574
Women 2003	566	658	813	691	602	493	3823
Women 2008	445	487	615	590	503	383	3023
Bases (unweighted):
Men 1998	399	763	826	692	682	572	3934
Men 2003	333	453	729	614	633	507	3269
Men 2008	245	317	459	534	525	453	2533
Women 1998	528	973	1007	896	808	888	5100
Women 2003	403	599	883	795	777	577	4034
Women 2008	334	451	647	631	631	515	3209

a Due to changes in the methodology for calculating the % meeting the physical activity recommendations, these figures differ to those presented in the 2003 report. See chapter for details.
b 30 minutes or more of physical activity of moderate to vigorous intensity on at least five days a week

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Table 6.1 Participation in different activity types for at least 15 minutes in the last four weeks, 1998, 2003, 2008, by age and sex a

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Table 6.1 Participation in different activity types for at least 15 minutes in the last four weeks, 1998, 2003, 2008, by age and sex ^a