This statistic displays the mean number of hours children between the age of 2 and 15 spent doing informal sports/exercise/active play weekly, by gender and household income, in England in 2012. In this week, boys from the highest quintile spent 7 hours and girls in the highest quintile spent 5.4 hours doing informal sports/exercise/active play.
Mean number of hours children spend doing informal sports, exercise or active play weekly in England in 2012, by gender and income
* Weighted bases: n (boys) = 736; n (girls) = 697.
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Mean and median are based on all participants.
Informal sports/exercise/ active play include: cycling (apart from to and from school), hopscotch, bouncing on trampoline, playing around, e.g.e kicking a ball around, catch, hide and seek, skating, skateboarding, using a scooter, dancing, skipping rope, vacuuming, cleaning car, gardening, etc. Cycling does not include cycling to or from school, which is reported separately.
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Health and Social Care Information Centre. (December 18, 2013). Mean number of hours children spend doing informal sports, exercise or active play weekly in England in 2012, by gender and income [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 20, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/330270/mean-time-children-spend-doing-informal-sports-by-gender-and-household-income-in-england/
Health and Social Care Information Centre. "Mean number of hours children spend doing informal sports, exercise or active play weekly in England in 2012, by gender and income ." Chart. December 18, 2013. Statista. Accessed January 20, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/330270/mean-time-children-spend-doing-informal-sports-by-gender-and-household-income-in-england/
Health and Social Care Information Centre. (2013). Mean number of hours children spend doing informal sports, exercise or active play weekly in England in 2012, by gender and income . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 20, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/330270/mean-time-children-spend-doing-informal-sports-by-gender-and-household-income-in-england/
Health and Social Care Information Centre. "Mean Number of Hours Children Spend Doing Informal Sports, Exercise or Active Play Weekly in England in 2012, by Gender and Income ." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Dec 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/330270/mean-time-children-spend-doing-informal-sports-by-gender-and-household-income-in-england/
Health and Social Care Information Centre, Mean number of hours children spend doing informal sports, exercise or active play weekly in England in 2012, by gender and income Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/330270/mean-time-children-spend-doing-informal-sports-by-gender-and-household-income-in-england/ (last visited January 20, 2022)
