Youth Indicators 1996 / Indicator 41
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| 1986 | 1990 | 1994
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Activity |7 years | 12- to | 18- to |7 years | 12- to | 18- to |7 years | 12- to | 18- to
| old |17-year-| 24-year- | old |17-year-|24-year-| old |17-year- |34-year-
|and over| olds | olds\1\ |and over| olds |olds\1\ |and over| olds |olds\1\
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Aerobic exercising\2\ ...... 10.2 11.5 16.4 | 10.4 9.4 17.6 | 10.0 5.0 17.3
Backpacking ................ 3.7 7.6 5.8 | 4.8 6.2 6.3 | 4.2 6.5 6.4
Baseball ................... 6.5 23.8 9.4 | 6.9 22.9 9.4 | 6.5 18.9 5.1
Basketball ................. 9.9 35.4 16.8 | 11.7 41.4 17.2 | 12.1 36.3 14.9
Bicycle riding\2\ .......... 23.1 47.5 23.9 | 24.6 45.0 24.5 | 21.4 42.7 19.7
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Calisthenics\2\ ............ 6.7 14.1 8.8 | 5.9 10.7 7.0 | 3.6 5.7 4.8
Camping .................... 19.2 26.0 20.9 | 20.6 27.3 20.7 | 18.4 25.4 20.8
Exercise walking\2\ ........ 24.9 13.4 22.4 | 31.8 16.9 25.2 | 30.4 12.9 28.4
Exercising\2\ .. 14.9 20.8 26.8 | 15.7 16.2 25.0 | 18.8 14.0 27.0
Fishing-fresh water ........ 19.0 24.2 20.7 | 18.5 21.8 20.0 | 17.4 21.1 19.5
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Fishing-salt water ......... 5.7 5.8 5.5 | 5.5 6.6 6.4 | 4.9 4.7 5.3
Football ................... 5.6 23.4 10.8 | 6.4 25.5 12.4 | 6.7 22.6 9.1
Golf ....................... 9.3 8.8 11.8 | 10.2 7.9 11.2 | 10.6 8.6 13.3
Hiking ..................... 7.9 10.7 9.9 | 9.8 9.5 8.6 | 10.9 12.8 13.2
Hunting/shooting firearms .. 9.6 12.4 13.4 | 8.2 10.6 11.3 | 7.0 9.7 9.0
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Racquetball ................ 3.6 5.0 8.3 | 3.6 3.1 9.0 | 2.3 2.0 4.9
Running/jogging\2\ ......... 10.8 23.2 18.8 | 10.6 22.8 17.2 | 8.8 15.5 14.1
Skiing-alpine/downhill ..... 4.5 9.0 9.8 | 5.1 10.2 10.4 | 4.6 5.1 7.8
Skiing-cross country ....... 2.2 2.9 1.9 | 2.3 2.5 2.2 | 1.5 2.1 1.5
Soccer ..................... 3.8 16.3 2.9 | 4.9 18.7 4.1 | 5.4 16.1 3.6
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Softball ................... 9.7 22.1 15.9 | 8.9 19.3 13.5 | 7.8 16.3 11.1
Swimming\2\ ................ 33.8 56.0 41.8 | 30.0 52.8 38.1 | 25.9 42.6 25.9
Tennis ..................... 8.4 19.1 16.9 | 8.2 18.4 15.3 | 5.0 9.5 7.2
Volleyball ................. 9.7 24.5 18.5 | 10.3 28.5 18.4 | 7.5 19.3 11.9
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/1/ Data are not available in same age categories for each year.
/2/ Participant engaged in activity at least six times in the year.
SOURCE: National Sporting Goods Association, Sports Participation in 1986, Series I; and Sports Participation in 1988- 1991, Series I; and unpublished data.
[Indicator 40. After School Activities]
[Indicator 42. Employment of 16- and 17-Year-Old Students]
