PARTICIPATION IN SPORTING AND PHYSICAL RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, QUEENSLAND
PURPOSE
To obtain information on participation in sporting and physical recreational activities in Queensland.
DESCRIPTION
The data were collected in a survey conducted throughout Queensland during October 1993 as a supplement to the Monthly Population Survey (MPS), at the request of the Queensland Department of Tourism, Sport and Racing. Persons aged 15 years and over were in scope of the survey, except for members of Australia’s permanent defence forces; certain diplomatic personnel of overseas governments, customarily excluded from census and estimated populations; overseas residents in Australia; and members of non-Australian defence forces (and their dependants) stationed in Australia. People living in non-private dwellings (which includes hotels, hospitals etc), other than those living in caravans in caravan parks, were excluded from the supplementary survey. Information for this survey was collected by personal interview with one randomly selected person aged 15 years and over in each selected household, resulting in 4,425 completed interviews.
GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE
Queensland
FREQUENCY OF COLLECTION
Irregular
DATA ITEMS
As this survey was conducted as part of the Monthly Population Survey all of the data items shown in the Labour force entry in this directory, with the exception of occupation and industry of employment, are available for analysis alongside the data items shown below.
Number of persons
The number of persons in Queensland aged 15 years or more.
Sporting and physical recreational activities undertaken
Whether, in the last 12 months, participated on a regular basis (including as a competitor, player for fitness and leisure, paid or unpaid coach or official, volunteer or administrator) in the following activities, which were listed in the following order on prompt cards:
Aerobics, aquarobics
Archery, bow hunting
Athletics, track and field
Australian rules football
Baseball
Basketball
Billiards/snooker/pool
Bushwalking
Canoeing/kayaking/rafting
Cricket
Croquet
Cycling, BMX
Dancing (Dancesport, formal ballroom)
Dancing (social, disco, etc.)
Darts
Equestrian activities/pony club, riding
Field hockey
Fishing
Golf
Gymnasium, bodybuilding, weights
Gymnastics/trampolining
Grid iron football
Ice/snow sports (ice hockey etc.)
Indoor cricket
Indoor/carpet bowls
Jogging, powerwalking, running
Lawn bowls
Marching
Martial arts (eastern-judo, karate etc.)
Motor sports (track, trail bike etc.)
Netball
Rodeo
Roller sports (skateboarding etc.)
Rowing
Rugby league
Rugby union
Sailing/yachting
Shooting sports (pistol, hunting etc.)
Soccer
Softball
Squash
Surf lifesaving
Surf sports (surfing, wind surfing etc.)
Swimming
Table tennis
Tennis
Ten pin bowling
Touch football
Underwater sports (scuba, snorkelling)
Volleyball
Waterskiing/jet skiing/powerboating
Other (up to five activities other than those listed above could be specified)
Main three sporting and physical recreational activities undertaken
Specifies, of all the sports and physical activities nominated as having been undertaken in the last 12 months, those that the respondent considered to be the main three. The following participation details were collected about each of the three main sports in which the respondent had participated on a regular basis any time during the last 12 months.
Participation capacities
Records all capacities in which the respondent participated in each of the three main activities in the last twelve months. Categories are:
Personal fitness/social participant
Formal competitor
Paid coach
Unpaid coach
Paid official or administrator
Unpaid official or administrator
Other volunteer
Other
Organisers of activities
Records all organisers of each of the three main activities in the last twelve months. Categories are:
A school
A tertiary institution
A club, association or league
The workplace
A sports centre
Yourself/other individual
Other
Don't know
Frequency of participation
Records the number of times (including training sessions) the respondent participated in each of the three main activities. Categories are:
More than once a week (number of times was recorded)
Once a week
Once a fortnight
Once a month
Other
Months of participation
Records all months (in the last 12) in which the respondent participated in each of the three main activities.
Membership of club or association
Records, for each of the three main activities, whether the respondent was a member of such a club or association during the last 12 months.
Expenditure on participation
For each of the three main activities records the dollars spent on:
Average cost of each session
Membership fees during the last 12 months
Clothing and equipment for the respondent during the last 12 months
Desired activities
Records up to five activities in which the respondent wanted to participated but didn’t in the last 12 months.
Main desired activity
Records which of the desired activities is the one in which the respondent most wanted to participate.
Main reason for non-participation in main desired activity
Records the main reason the respondent didn’t participate in their main desired activity during the last 12 months. Categories are:
Lack of facilities
Injury/illness
Pregnancy
No time/too busy
Expense/cost
Physical handicap
Caring for family etc.
Lack of transport
Lack of opportunity
Partner doesn't share interest
Times inconvenient
Too old
Other
Intention to participate in main desired activity
Records whether the respondent intends to participate in their main desired activity in the next 12 months.
Highest educational qualification completed
In addition to the data about demographic and socioeconomic characteristics collected in the Labour Force survey which accompanied this survey, this survey also collected details of the highest educational qualification completed. Categories are:
Did not complete secondary school
Senior school certificate
Trade certificate/apprenticeship
Technician's certificate/Advanced certificate
Certificate other than above
Associate diploma
Undergraduate diploma
Bachelor degree
Post-graduate diploma
Masters degree/Doctorate
HISTORICAL DATA
The survey has only been conducted once, in October 1993. Similar surveys were conducted in Victoria in October 1989, Tasmania in October 1994, and South Australia in October 1995.
DISSEMINATION
Publications
Australian Bureau of Statistics 1994, Participation in Sporting and Physical Recreational Activities, Queensland, October 1993, Cat. no. 4110.3, ABS, Brisbane. Price $10.00.
Other
National Sport and Recreation Industry Database and Directory (NSRIDD).
CONTACT
In the first instance, refer to To obtain data or further information in the Introduction to this directory.
Statistical Services
Australian Bureau of Statistics
GPO Box 9817
BRISBANE QLD 4001
Telephone: Brisbane 07 3222 6305
Facsimile: Brisbane 07 3222 6283
Email: client.services@abs.gov.au
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