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Table 2 Participation in physical activity in the previous 2 weeks and in the previous 12 months

From: The contribution of sport participation to overall health enhancing physical activity levels in Australia: a population-based study

 

Types of activitya

Sessionsb

Physical activity participation: breakdowns

Previous 2 weeks

Previous 12 months

Previous 2 weeks

Previous 12 months

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

All activities: by HELPA category

26,834

 

37,020

 

116,573

 

3,614,593

 

 HELPA (78 types)

25,263

94.1

34,790

94.0

112,149

96.2

3,480,146

96.3

 Non-HELPA (17 types)

1572

5.9

2230

6.0

4423

3.8

134,447

3.7

HELPA activities: by context

25,263

 

34,790

 

112,149

 

3,480,146

 

 Non-organised

18,348

72.6

24,830

71.4

88,821

79.2

2,672,294

76.8

 Organised non-club

2650

10.5

3717

10.7

9012

8.0

307,259

8.8

 Club

4265

16.9

6243

17.9

14,316

12.8

500,593

14.4

HELPA activities: by frequency

−

−

34,662

 

−

−

2,861,302

 

 Occasional (<12 times)

−

−

5253

15.2

−

−

29,605

1.0

 Regular (≥12 times)

−

−

29,409

84.8

−

−

2,831,698

99.0

 

21,559

 

−

−

112,166

 

−

−

 Occasional (<2 times)

3208

14.9

−

−

3208

2.9

−

−

 Regular (≥2 times

18,351

85.1

−

−

108,958

97.1

−

−

HELPA activities: by sport category

25,263

 

34,790

 

112,149

 

3,480,146

 

 HELPA sport (50 types)

11,732

46.4

17,991

51.7

32,790

29.2

1,120,835

32.2

 HELPA non-sport (28 types)

13,531

53.6

16,799

48.3

79,360

70.8

2,359,311

67.8

HELPA sport activities: by context

11,732

 

17,991

 

32,790

 

1,120,835

 

 Non-organised sport

6313

53.8

10,052

55.9

16,367

49.9

535,857

47.8

 Organised non-club sport

1419

12.1

2063

11.5

3235

9.9

118,392

10.6

 Club sport

4000

34.1

5876

32.7

13,188

40.2

466,585

41.6

HELPA sport activities: by frequency

−

−

17,928

 

−

−

1,121,440

 

 Occasional (<12 times)

−

−

3907

21.8

−

−

22,192

2.0

 Regular (≥12 times)

−

−

14,021

78.2

−

−

1,099,248

98.0

 

8910

   

32,806

   

 Occasional (<2 times)

2011

22.6

−

−

2010

6.1

−

−

 Regular (≥2 times

6899

77.4

−

−

30,796

93.9

−

−

  1. Italic is major heading. Non-italic is minor heading
  2. aAggregated counts of types of activity reported by respondents
  3. bAggregated counts of sessions reported by respondents