Special Eurobarometer 472: Sport and physical activity

The latest Eurobarometer on sport and physical activity follows three previous surveys conducted in 2002, 2009 and 2013. It was carried out in the 28 EU Member States in December 2017 and 28,031 EU citizens from different social and demographic categories were interviewed.
The survey looked at frequency and levels of engagement in sport and other physical activity, for example the amount of time people spend doing vigorous and moderate physical activity, as well as walking and sitting down. It also took into consideration activities such as cycling, dancing or gardening.
The survey also focused on where EU citizens engage in sport and other physical activity, whether in a club or in informal settings such as outdoors or on the way to/from work. Finally, it looked at the reasons why people engage in sport and other physical activity, as well as the barriers to practising sport more regularly and what kind of opportunities or support from local authorities they could get in their area.
A final chapter is then dedicated to volunteering in sport.

The results by volumes are distributed as follows:

• Volume A: Countries
• Volume AA: Groups of countries
• Volume A' (AP): Trends
• Volume AA' (AAP): Trends of groups of countries
• Volume B: EU/socio-demographics
• Volume B' (BP) : Trends of EU/ socio-demographics
• Volume C: Country/socio-demographics

Researchers may also contact GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences: https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer