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Table 1 Thirteen activity types included in survey and number of respondents

From: Motives for leisure-time physical activity participation: an analysis of their prevalence, consistency and associations with activity type and social background

Activity type

N

Running

32,654

Walking and hiking

115,870

Biking

56,891

Fitness (e.g. weight training, cardio workout, team workout)

62,165

Mental/flexibility/stability training (e.g. yoga, Pilates, meditation/mindfulness)

29,166

Team ballgames (e.g. football, handball, volleyball, beach volley, floorball)

9,906

Other ballgames (e.g. golf, badminton, table tennis, tennis, squash)

13,776

Gymnastics (e.g. jump gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, apparatus work)

14,116

Dance (e.g. partner dance, fitness dance, modern dance, creative dance, street dance)

9,503

Activities in water (e.g. swimming, diving, pool training, winter swimming)

19,388

Activities on water (e.g. canoeing/kayaking, rowing, sailing, surfing, stand up paddle)

4,564

Outdoor activities (e.g. outdoor life, fishing, hunting, scouts, role-playing games)

15,594

Street sports (e.g. roller skating, scooters, skateboarding, parkour, street basketball)

2,038

Total

385,631

  1. Note: The survey included four additional activity type categories: ‘rehabilitation’, ‘physically active games and play’, ‘other sporting activities’ and ‘other physically active leisure activities’. They are not included in the table, because the motive questions were not asked regarding these activity types