Table 3.
Participation in selected sport-related physical activity types in the previous 12 months
| a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group/ PA type | Number of participants in ‘PA type’ | Number of participants in any type of club sport | Number of participants in both PA type and any type of club sport | Percentage of ‘PA type’ participants who also participate in club sport | Percentage of club sport participants who also participate in ‘PA type’ | Concordance between participation in ‘PA type’ and club sport | p-value | Percentage of non-club sport participants who also participate in ‘PA type’ | Difference (percentage points) |
| = c/a (%) | = c/b (%) | (Gamma) | (%) | = e-h | |||||
| All participants | |||||||||
| Aerobics/fitness training | 5080 | 4710 | 964 | 19.0 | 20.5 | −0.112 | <0.001 | 24.4 | −3.9 |
| Running | 2291 | 4710 | 724 | 31.6 | 15.4 | 0.280 | <0.001 | 9.3 | 6.1 |
| Weight training | 636 | 4710 | 133 | 20.9 | 2.8 | −0.027 | 0.575 | 3.0 | −0.2 |
| Walking | 7750 | 4710 | 1018 | 13.1 | 21.6 | −0.412 | <0.001 | 39.8 | −18.2 |
| Males | |||||||||
| Aerobics/fitness training | 1999 | 2948 | 502 | 25.1 | 17.0 | −0.078 | 0.005 | 19.3 | −2.3 |
| Running | 1372 | 2948 | 480 | 35.0 | 16.3 | 0.198 | <0.001 | 11.5 | 4.8 |
| Weight training | 413 | 2948 | 99 | 24.0 | 3.4 | −0.096 | 0.086 | 4.1 | −0.7 |
| Walking | 2799 | 2948 | 432 | 15.4 | 14.7 | −0.439 | <0.001 | 30.6 | −15.9 |
| Females | |||||||||
| Aerobics/fitness training | 3081 | 1762 | 462 | 15.0 | 26.2 | −0.060 | 0.038 | 28.6 | −2.4 |
| Running | 919 | 1762 | 244 | 26.6 | 13.8 | 0.338 | <0.001 | 7.3 | 6.5 |
| Weight training | 223 | 1762 | 34 | 15.2 | 1.9 | −0.037 | 0.686 | 2.0 | −0.1 |
| Walking | 4950 | 1762 | 586 | 11.8 | 33.3 | −0.293 | <0.001 | 47.7 | −14.4 |
| Aged 15–29 | |||||||||
| Aerobics/fitness training | 1420 | 2052 | 456 | 32.1 | 22.2 | −0.209 | <0.001 | 30.4 | −8.2 |
| Running | 834 | 2052 | 331 | 39.7 | 16.1 | 0.011 | 0.785 | 15.8 | 0.3 |
| Weight training | 204 | 2052 | 57 | 28.0 | 2.8 | −0.259 | <0.001 | 4.7 | −1.9 |
| Walking | 740 | 2052 | 146 | 19.7 | 7.1 | −0.501 | <0.001 | 18.7 | −11.6 |
| Aged 30-49 | |||||||||
| Aerobics/fitness training | 2055 | 1597 | 312 | 15.2 | 19.5 | −0.236 | <0.001 | 28.1 | −8.6 |
| Running | 1125 | 1597 | 315 | 28.0 | 19.7 | 0.239 | <0.001 | 13.1 | 6.6 |
| Weight training | 269 | 1597 | 54 | 20.1 | 3.4 | −0.015 | 0.848 | 3.5 | −0.1 |
| Walking | 2853 | 1597 | 407 | 14.3 | 25.5 | −0.314 | <0.001 | 39.6 | −14.1 |
| Aged 50+ | |||||||||
| Aerobics/fitness training | 1552 | 1026 | 186 | 12.0 | 18.1 | −0.022 | 0.599 | 18.8 | −0.7 |
| Running | 313 | 1026 | 72 | 23.0 | 7.0 | 0.375 | <0.001 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| Weight training | 156 | 1026 | 22 | 14.1 | 2.1 | 0.072 | 0.554 | 1.8 | 0.3 |
| Walking | 4015 | 1026 | 448 | 11.2 | 43.7 | −0.110 | 0.001 | 49.2 | −5.5 |
| Metropolitan | |||||||||
| Aerobics/fitness training | 3634 | 2844 | 653 | 18.0 | 23.0 | −0.097 | <0.001 | 26.6 | −3.6 |
| Running | 1656 | 2844 | 500 | 30.2 | 17.6 | 0.300 | <0.001 | 10.3 | 7.3 |
| Weight training | 422 | 2844 | 93 | 22.0 | 3.3 | 0.056 | 0.359 | 3.0 | 0.3 |
| Walking | 4999 | 2844 | 569 | 11.4 | 20.0 | −0.445 | <0.001 | 39.5 | −19.5 |
| Non-metropolitan | |||||||||
| Aerobics/fitness training | 1446 | 1866 | 312 | 21.6 | 16.7 | −0.109 | 0.001 | 20.0 | −3.3 |
| Running | 634 | 1866 | 223 | 35.2 | 11.9 | 0.270 | <0.001 | 7.2 | 4.7 |
| Weight training | 213 | 1866 | 40 | 18.7 | 2.1 | −0.182 | 0.023 | 3.0 | −0.9 |
| Walking | 2751 | 1866 | 448 | 16.3 | 24.0 | −0.368 | <0.001 | 40.6 | −16.6 |