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. 2015 Aug 20;15:806. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-2156-9

Table 2.

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

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

Italic is major heading. Non-italic is minor heading

aAggregated counts of types of activity reported by respondents

bAggregated counts of sessions reported by respondents