SPARC Facts 1997-2001

Demographic profiles

Māori young people (5-17 year olds)

	All Māori	Boys	Girls	5-8 year olds	9-12 year olds	13-15 year olds	16-17 year olds
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Active	71	72	70	69	75	73	61
Inactive	29	28	30	31	25	27	39
Interested in doing new sports/activities	66	68	62	67	71	57	53
Participate in at least one sport and active leisure activity overall	92	92	92	93	95	89	81
Participate sport/active leisure during school	72	72	72	67	81	68	58
Participate in sport/active leisure before/after school	23	22	23	15	26	28	34
Participate in sport/active leisure with a club	29	31	26	25	27	33	45
Participate in sport/active leisure with family & friends	67	68	66	70	70	61	55
Are coached	54	57	51	46	61	58	49
Number of Māori young people surveyed	784	411	373	286	247	146	105

Māori adults (18 years +)

	All Māori	Men	Women	18-24 year olds	25-34 year olds	35-49 year olds	50-64 year olds	65+ year olds
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Active	67	69	65	74	64	62	72	68
Inactive	33	31	35	26	36	38	28	32
Want to be more active	56	57	56	68	61	52	44	34
Participate in sport and active leisure	97	97	96	98	97	96	97	92
Participate in sporting activities	87	92	84	96	90	85	80	66
Play sport with a club	40	47	34	51	40	36	26	39
Take part in organised competition	31	40	23	43	34	25	18	22
Are coached	31	36	26	45	31	26	20	13
Take part as a coach/administrator/parent helper/referee – paid and unpaid	37	37	38	32	41	44	31	15
Number of Māori adults surveyed	1623	637	986	283	462	548	209	121

European young people (5-17 year olds)

	All Europeans	Boys	Girls	5-8 year olds	9-12 year olds	13-15 year olds	16-17 year olds
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Active	70	76	64	71	78	71	53
Inactive	30	24	36	29	22	29	47
Interested in doing new sports/activities	61	61	60	67	65	56	48
Participate in at least one sport and active leisure activity overall	93	94	91	95	96	94	79
Participate sport/active leisure during school	68	67	70	70	71	72	49
Participate in sport/active leisure before/after school	20	21	20	9	23	29	26
Participate in sport/active leisure with a club	37	43	31	35	45	32	31
Participate in sport/active leisure with family & friends	70	75	63	78	72	63	57
Are coached	68	73	63	67	78	68	51
Number of European young people surveyed	2749	1433	1316	880	767	630	472

European adults (18 years +)

	All Europeans	Men	Women	18-24 year olds	25-34 year olds	35-49 year olds	50-64 year olds	65+ year olds
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Active	69	71	68	70	68	68	71	70
Inactive	31	29	32	30	32	32	29	30
Want to be more active	57	57	56	69	68	63	53	31
Participate in sport and active leisure	98	98	98	99	99	99	98	95
Participate in sporting activities	83	88	78	96	93	89	77	60
Play sport with a club	36	40	32	45	39	34	30	35
Take part in organised competition	25	35	17	36	31	24	21	20
Are coached	22	22	22	40	27	22	16	12
Take part as a coach/administrator/parent helper/referee – paid and unpaid	26	27	25	26	27	39	20	12
Number of European adults surveyed	9846	4469	5377	789	1776	2981	2202	2096

Pacific young people (5-17 year olds)

	All Pacific people	Boys	Girls	5-8 year olds	9-12 year olds	13-15 year olds	16-17 year olds
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Active	52	53	52	48	55	56	52
Inactive	48	47	48	52	45	44	48
Interested in doing new sports/activities	64	60	69	68	68	62	45
Participate in at least one sport and active leisure activity overall	84	84	83	85	94	75	71
Participate sport/active leisure during school	68	67	70	59	75	73	66
Participate in sport/active leisure before/after school	19	17	21	11	11	34	41
Participate in sport/active leisure with a club	17	25	9	9	30	14	20
Participate in sport/active leisure with family friends	60	59	61	63	55	64	55
Are coached	38	39	36	32	44	44	26
Number of Pacific young people surveyed	252	129	123	89	73	54	36

Pacific adults (18 years +)

	All Pacific people	Men	Women	18-24 year olds	25-34 year olds	35-49 year olds	50-64 year olds	65+ year olds
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Active	63	68	58	75	51	62	69	67
Inactive	37	32	42	25	49	38	31	33
Want to be more active	57	58	55	69	62	52	27	31
Participate in sport and active leisure	98	97	98	100	98	97	94	100
Participate in sporting activities	83	91	77	94	87	79	68	46
Play sport with a club	35	44	27	50	35	26	25	12
Take part in organised competition	32	44	22	48	31	24	19	13
Are coached	28	36	20	46	26	20	12	6
Take part as a coach/administrator/parent helper/referee – paid and unpaid	29	29	28	30	30	30	29	0
Number of Pacific adults surveyed	433	204	229	95	152	128	45	13

Young people from Other ethnic groups (5-17 year olds)

	All young people	Boys	Girls	5-8 year olds	9-12 year olds	13-15 year olds	16-17 year olds
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Active	59	63	55	50	69	64	49
Inactive	41	37	45	50	31	36	51
Interested in doing new sports/activities	60	58	62	58	62	57	69
Participate in at least one sport and active leisure activity overall	90	91	88	90	97	92	70
Participate sport/active leisure during school	64	62	67	71	73	60	41
Participate in sport/active leisure before/after school	24	26	22	16	36	20	30
Participate in sport/active leisure with a club	23	29	17	21	30	21	19
Participate in sport/active leisure with family & friends	61	62	59	64	74	52	43
Are coached	46	48	44	45	56	45	35
Number of young people from minority ethnic groups surveyed	288	152	136	92	76	77	43

Adults from Other ethnic groups (18 years +)

	All adults	Men	Women	18-24 year olds	25-34 year olds	35-49 year olds	50-64 year olds	65+ year olds
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Active	54	57	51	49	51	57	55	69
Inactive	46	43	49	51	49	43	45	31
Want to be more active	62	63	61	72	69	58	52	49
Participate in sport and active leisure	95	96	94	97	96	94	97	91
Participate in sporting activities	81	85	77	96	84	74	74	68
Play sport with a club	24	32	17	44	18	20	18	25
Take part in organised competition	13	17	9	31	9	8	9	12
Are coached	17	19	15	35	14	13	11	9
Take part as a coach/administrator/parent helper/referee – paid and unpaid	18	19	17	19	13	24	10	15
Number of adults from minority ethnic groups surveyed	654	312	342	97	144	275	89	49

Young people with a disability¹⁸ (5-17 years)

	All disabled	Boys	Girls	5-8 year olds	9-12 year olds	13-15 year olds	16-17 year olds
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Active	63	63	63	66	71	68	38
Inactive	37	37	37	34	29	32	62
Interested in doing new sports/activities	55	53	58	65	57	50	49
Participate in at least one sport and active leisure activity overall	92	91	93	93	95	89	86
Participate sport/active leisure during school	65	72	55	64	69	63	63
Participate in sport/active leisure before/after school	15	19	9	6	20	17	12
Participate in sport/active leisure with a club	29	30	26	28	31	28	24
Participate in sport/active leisure with family friends	71	72	71	71	69	78	65
Are coached	53	57	47	44	64	63	22
Number of young people with disabilities surveyed	174	104	70	49	41	51	33

Adults with a disability (18 years +)

	All disabled	Men	Women	18-24 year olds	25-34 year olds	35-49 year olds	50-64 year olds	65+ year olds
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Active	63	65	61	64	65	61	68	59
Inactive	37	35	39	36	35	39	32	41
Want to be more active	56	55	57	77	77	63	47	39
Participate in sport and active leisure	95	95	95	99	98	97	98	89
Participate in sporting activities	73	79	68	92	90	83	73	51
Play sport with a club	28	32	25	20	30	33	25	30
Take part in organised competition	19	28	11	21	33	22	15	14
Are coached	19	17	21	21	37	20	16	13
Take part as a coach/administrator/parent helper/referee – paid and unpaid	22	27	18	25	29	36	19	7
Number of adults with disabilities surveyed	1230	568	662	65	141	317	287	420

Adults aged 55 years or over by gender and age

	Adults 55+ years	Men	Women	55-64 year olds	65-74 year olds	75+ years
	%	%	%	%	%	%
Active	71	73	69	71	75	64
Inactive	29	27	31	29	25	36
Want to be more active	39	39	38	49	35	27
Participate in sport and active leisure	96	96	96	98	97	92
Participate in sporting activities	66	72	60	73	67	51
Play sport with a club	33	36	31	30	38	30
Take part in organised competition	20	27	14	20	22	16
Are coached	14	13	15	17	13	9
Take part as a coach/administrator/parent helper/referee – paid and unpaid	14	17	12	18	14	9
Number of older adults surveyed	3837	1715	2121	1556	1301	978

Adults aged 55 years or over by ethnic group

	Adults 55+ years	Māori	European	Pacific people	Other ethnic groups
	%	%	%	%	%
Active	71	71	71	68	60
Inactive	29	29	29	32	40
Want to be more active	39	39	38	31	49
Participate in sport and active leisure	96	95	96	96	96
Participate in sporting activities	66	74	65	53	67
Play sport with a club	33	32	34	18	19
Take part in organised competition	20	18	20	15	8
Are coached	14	18	14	12	9
Take part as a coach/administrator/parent helper/referee – paid and unpaid	14	22	14	8	12
Number of older adults surveyed	3835	251	3442	38	101

18 The definition of disability used in the Sport and Physical Activity Survey was “any physical or intellectual disability or condition (lasting six months or more), which would put a person at a disadvantage relative to able-bodied people.” This excludes any condition resulting from poor health or illness. All figures are based on combined data from the 1998/99 & 2000/01 surveys since the question was not asked in the 1997/98 survey.

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