London 2012 Olympic Games: 5-10 year olds motivation to take part in sports 2011-2016

Published by Statista Research Department, Jul 21, 2016

This statistic represents how the UK hosting the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games has encouraged children aged 5 to 10 in England to take part in sports during the period and during in the two years following the games. In the 2011/12 survey 72 percent of young children saying the games did not not encourage them to participate in sports at all. However in 2013/14 the share of those encouraged 'a lot' rose from 4 to 14 percent.

Would you say that the UK hosting the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games has encouraged you to take part in sport?

Characteristic	Not at all	A little	A lot	Don’t know
2011/12	72.1%	20.1%	4.3%	3.5%
2012/13	46.4%	33.7%	18.4%	1.6%
2013/14	54.4%	31.1%	14.1%	0.5%
2014/15	59.6%	26.5%	13.2%	0.8%
2015/16**	69.6%	18.5%	11.8%	-

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Release date

July 2016

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

2011/12 to 2015/16*

Number of respondents

1,096 respondents

Age group

5-10 years

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

* Base for 2014/15 survey - n (2013/14) = 1233; n (2012/13) = 1937; n (2011/12) = 1811
** Survey periods run April to March.** Data for 'Dont Know' is not shown in the 2016 report,
This statistic using original data from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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