Youth Indicators 1996 / Indicator 41, Chart 1
SOURCE: National Sporting Goods Association, Sports Participation in 1986, Series I; and Sports Participation in 1988-1991, Series I; and unpublished data.
Teenagers are more likely to participate in many types of sporting activities than other age groups. Compared with 18- to 34-year-olds, 12- to 17-year-olds are more likely to participate in most organized group sports, bicycle riding, and swimming, but less likely to participate in aerobics, exercise walking, or exercising with equipment.