Youth Indicators 1996 / Indicator 47
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Sex and activity 1980 1986 1988 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
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Actively participate in sports,
athletics or exercising
Every day or almost every day .. 47.3 44.4 43.6 46.0 45.9 45.6 43.8 45.2
At least once a week ........... 25.2 23.8 23.8 24.3 24.4 25.8 23.5 23.6
Once or twice a month .......... 12.5 13.5 14.9 11.6 12.3 11.5 13.2 13.5
A few times a year ............. 9.8 11.4 10.9 10.3 10.5 9.6 11.4 10.2
Never .......................... 5.2 6.8 6.7 7.8 6.9 7.5 8.1 7.5
Exercise vigorously\1\
Every day ................... --- 19.5 19.3 20.2 19.8 22.2 20.9 20.6
Almost every day ............... --- 16.3 14.9 15.2 17.4 15.5 13.6 15.7
Most days ................... --- 16.1 15.1 18.3 14.0 16.2 16.1 16.5
Sometimes ................... --- 24.4 25.8 23.2 25.3 24.0 24.5 22.4
Seldom ..................... --- 18.4 18.6 16.5 17.1 16.0 18.2 18.2
Never .......................... --- 5.3 6.3 6.6 6.3 6.1 6.7 6.5
Males
Actively participate in sports,
athletics or exercising
Almost everyday ................ 56.7 54.2 57.0 55.8 54.7 58.6 54.8 55.6
At least once a week ........... 22.8 21.6 21.1 23.2 22.4 20.0 21.1 23.8
Once or twice a month .......... 10.4 9.9 10.3 8.2 9.5 8.1 9.0 8.6
A few times a year ............. 6.5 8.7 6.7 7.4 7.3 7.1 8.9 6.6
Never .......................... 3.6 5.5 4.8 5.3 6.1 6.1 6.1 5.5
Exercise vigorously (jogging,
swimming, calisthenics, or
other active sports) ---
Every day ................... --- 25.5 27.6 27.4 23.8 30.8 28.7 26.8
Almost every day ............... --- 20.1 18.7 17.5 21.5 19.4 15.3 18.7
Most days ................... --- 17.2 15.8 19.1 14.0 15.5 15.7 15.5
Sometimes ................... --- 18.7 21.6 19.4 22.6 18.2 21.3 19.6
Seldom ..................... --- 14.1 12.0 11.3 12.8 11.5 13.4 12.6
Never .......................... --- 4.5 4.2 5.3 5.3 4.7 5.6 6.8
Females
Actively participate in sports,
athletics or exercising
Every day or almost every day .. 37.6 35.6 30.6 34.1 36.4 32.6 32.9 35.5
At least once a week ........... 27.8 25.8 27.0 26.2 26.1 31.8 26.3 24.1
Once or twice a month .......... 14.9 17.4 19.5 15.2 15.5 14.7 17.0 17.9
A few times a year ............. 13.0 13.3 14.5 13.7 14.0 12.3 14.1 13.5
Never .......................... 6.7 7.9 8.4 10.8 8.0 8.7 9.7 8.9
Exercise vigorously\1\
Every day ................... --- 14.3 11.8 12.2 15.5 14.6 13.9 15.1
Almost every day ............... --- 12.6 11.4 12.3 13.5 11.8 12.2 12.8
Most days ................... --- 15.2 14.4 17.6 14.0 17.1 16.3 17.5
Sometimes ................... --- 29.8 29.5 27.5 28.4 29.0 27.3 25.2
Seldom ..................... --- 22.3 24.8 22.4 21.2 20.4 22.7 23.3
Never .......................... --- 5.7 8.1 7.8 7.3 7.0 7.6 6.0
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/1/ Includes jogging, swimming, calisthenics, or other active sports.
-Data not available.
SOURCE: University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research, Monitoring the Future, various years.
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