Table 24
Reasons for non-participation in sport by age, 2005
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| Total | Male | Female | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | percentage | thousands | percentage | thousands | percentage | |
| Total (15 and over) not participating in sports | 18,494 | 70.8 | 8,173 | 63.5 | 10,321 | 78.0 |
| All ages | ||||||
| No particular reason | 3,096 | 16.7 | 1,408 | 17.2 | 1,688 | 16.4 |
| Not interested | 4,773 | 25.8 | 1,879 | 23.0 | 2,894 | 28.0 |
| Programs not available in community | 184 | 1.0 | 78 E | 1.0 E | 106 | 1.0 |
| Don't have time | 5,450 | 29.5 | 2,786 | 34.1 | 2,664 | 25.8 |
| Don't want to be committed to regular schedule | 214 | 1.2 | 75 E | 0.9 E | 138 | 1.3 |
| Facilities not available | 93 E | 0.5 E | 38 E | 0.5 E | 54 E | 0.5 E |
| Too expensive | 327 | 1.8 | 110 E | 1.3 E | 217 | 2.1 |
| Health or injury | 2,534 | 13.7 | 977 | 12.0 | 1,557 | 15.1 |
| Age | 1,865 | 10.1 | 800 | 9.8 | 1,065 | 10.3 |
| Other reason | 779 | 4.2 | 356 | 4.4 | 423 | 4.1 |
| Performs other physical activities | 429 | 2.3 | 131 | 1.6 | 298 | 2.9 |
| 15 to 18 | 723 | 100.0 | 312 | 100.0 | 411 | 100.0 |
| No particular reason | 180 | 25.0 | 69 E | 22.2 E | 111 E | 27.0 E |
| Not interested | 283 | 39.1 | 101 E | 32.3 E | 182 | 44.2 E |
| Programs not available in community | F | F | F | F | F | F |
| Don't have time | 149 | 20.6 | 80 E | 25.7 E | 69 E | 16.8 E |
| Don't want to be committed to regular schedule | F | F | F | F | F | F |
| Facilities not available | F | F | F | F | F | F |
| Too expensive | F | F | F | F | F | F |
| Health or injury | F | F | F | F | F | F |
| Age | F | F | F | F | F | F |
| Other reason | F | F | F | F | F | F |
| Performs other physical activities | F | F | F | F | F | F |
| 19 to 24 | 1,456 | 100.0 | 624 | 100.0 | 832 | 100.0 |
| No particular reason | 272 | 18.7 | 107 E | 17.1 E | 165 | 19.9 |
| Not interested | 484 | 33.3 | 176 | 28.1 | 309 | 37.1 |
| Programs not available in community | F | F | F | F | F | F |
| Don't have time | 513 | 35.2 | 259 | 41.6 | 254 | 30.5 |
| Don't want to be committed to regular schedule | F | F | F | F | F | F |
| Facilities not available | F | F | F | F | F | F |
| Too expensive | F | F | F | F | F | F |
| Health or injury | 41 E | 2.8 E | F | F | F | F |
| Age | F | F | F | F | F | F |
| Other reason | 95 E | 6.5 E | F | F | F | F |
| Performs other physical activities | F | F | F | F | F | F |
| 25 to 34 | 2,950 | 100.0 | 1,266 | 100.0 | 1,683 | 100.0 |
| No particular reason | 590 | 20.0 | 270 | 21.3 | 321 | 19.1 |
| Not interested | 612 | 20.7 | 228 | 18.0 | 384 | 22.8 |
| Programs not available in community | F | F | F | F | F | F |
| Don't have time | 1,331 | 45.1 | 651 | 51.4 | 680 | 40.4 |
| Don't want to be committed to regular schedule | F | F | F | F | F | F |
| Facilities not available | F | F | F | F | F | F |
| Too expensive | 85 E | 2.9 E | F | F | 5 2 E | 3.1 E |
| Health or injury | 197 | 6.7 | F | F | 161 | 9.6 |
| Age | F | F | F | F | F | F |
| Other reason | 145 | 4.9 | 65 E | 5.1 E | 80 E | 4.8 E |
| Performs other physical activities | 76 E | 2.6 E | F | F | 5 7 E | 3.4 E |
| 35 to 54 | 7,290 | 100.0 | 3,359 | 100.0 | 3,931 | 100.0 |
| No particular reason | 1,330 | 18.2 | 638 | 19.0 | 692 | 17.6 |
| Not interested | 1,932 | 26.5 | 791 | 23.6 | 1,141 | 29.0 |
| Programs not available in community | 46 E | 0.6 E | F | F | 3 1 E | 0.8 E |
| Don't have time | 2,765 | 37.9 | 1,397 | 41.6 | 1,368 | 34.8 |
| Don't want to be committed to regular schedule | 78 E | 1.1 E | F | F | 5 6 E | 1.4 E |
| Facilities not available | 44 E | 0.6 E | F | F | F | F |
| Too expensive | 145 | 2.0 | F | F | 112 E | 2.9 E |
| Health or injury | 779 | 10.7 | 307 | 9.1 | 473 | 12.0 |
| Age | 188 | 2.6 | 120 E | 3.6 E | 68 E | 1.7 E |
| Other reason | 277 | 3.8 | 121 | 3.6 | 156 | 4.0 |
| Performs other physical activities | 156 | 2.1 | 51 E | 1.5 E | 105 E | 2.7 E |
| 55 and over | 6,076 | 100.0 | 2,612 | 100.0 | 3,464 | 100.0 |
| No particular reason | 723 | 11.9 | 324 | 12.4 | 399 | 11.5 |
| Not interested | 1,462 | 24.1 | 583 | 22.3 | 878 | 25.3 |
| Programs not available in community | 62 E | 1.0 E | 20 E | 0.8 E | 42 E | 1.2 E |
| Don't have time | 692 | 11.4 | 399 | 15.3 | 294 | 8.5 |
| Don't want to be committed to regular schedule | 60 E | 1.0 E | F | F | 4 1 E | 1.2 E |
| Facilities not available | 35 E | 0.6 E | F | F | F | F |
| Too expensive | 57 E | 0.9 E | F | F | 3 6 E | 1.0 E |
| Health or injury | 1,486 | 24.5 | 600 | 23.0 | 886 | 25.6 |
| Age | 1,674 | 27.5 | 680 | 26.0 | 994 | 28.7 |
| Other reason | 223 | 3.7 | 102 E | 3.9 E | 121 | 3.5 |
| Performs other physical activities | 127 | 2.1 | 47 E | 1.8 E | 80 E | 2.3 E |
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
Note: Denominator for percentages is the number of non-participants within each category.
Sources: General Social Survey, 1992, 1998, 2005.
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