Share of people that play football, Northern Ireland 2021

This statistic presents the share of respondents that identified as having participated in football, including indoor, outdoor and 5 -a- side, from 2015 to 2021, in a survey undertaken to assess the experience of sport in Northern Ireland. The share of the total population of respondent that have played football in Northern Ireland has remained relatively stable. This statistic shows that there is a significant dichotomy between within the participation demographics of football in Northern Ireland. In all years surveyed, the share of male respondents identifying as having played football was shown to be greater than 16 percent, whereas the share of female respondents that identified as having played football was only one percent from 2015 to 2021.

Share of people who participate in football in Northern Ireland from 2015 to 2021

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Release date

September 2021

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Region

United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

Survey time period

2015 to 2021

Number of respondents

1,885**

Supplementary notes

Multiple answers were possible.
*The source adds the following information: 'Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, data collection for the 2020/21 survey moved from face-to-face interviewing to telephone mode with a reduction in the number of questions. The results from the CHS 2020/21 are not directly comparable to previous years due to the significant changes to the survey in terms of methodology and content. The output from the survey, in terms of the range and depth of topics covered, has been reduced from that of previous years, with the subsequent capacity for detailed analysis constrained.'
**The number of respondents surveyed between 2015 and 2019 has varied, with 3,348 respondents in 2015; 3,286 in 2016; 3,262 in 2017; 5,677 in 2018; 5,732 in 2019; and 5,917 in 2020.
This statistic using original data from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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