Outdoor recreation - understanding the drivers of participation: research
This report presents findings from research into participation in outdoor recreation among adults in Scotland. The research explores drivers behind the observed increases in participation, as well variations across population groups, with a view to widening participation.
Footnotes
3. NatureScot (2020) Scottish Household Survey 2019 – Visits to the outdoors: equalities data
4. NatureScot (2020) Enjoying the Outdoors: Outdoor Visit Behaviour and Engagement with Nature in Scotland during the Coronavirus Lockdown
5. Based on Scottish Government's two-fold urban/rural classification
6. Based on the Scottish Government's Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) quintiles
7. For a more detailed explanation of the MAPPS framework see: The science of behaviour change
9. See for example: Spending at least 120 minutes a week in nature is associated with good health and wellbeing
10. NatureScot (2020), 'Scottish Household Survey 2019. Visits to the outdoors – equalities data'
11. NatureScot (2020a), ibid.
12. NatureScot (2020a), ibid.
13. NatureScot (2020a), ibid.
14. NatureScot (2020b), 'Scotland's People and Nature Survey 2019/20- outdoor recreation, health, and environmental attitudes modules'
15. Where a guiding principle relates to factors across multiple behavioural dimensions, we have grouped it under to the one to which it is most strongly aligned.
Contact
Email: socialresearch@gov.scot
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