The Active People Survey is the largest ever survey of
sport and active recreation to be undertaken in
Europe.
Active People Survey 3 (2008/9) began
on 15 October 2008 and was completed on 14 October 2009,
and you can see the results here.
On 15 October 2009, Active People Survey
4 (2009/10) commenced. Active People Survey 4 will run until 14
October 2010.
The survey provides by far the largest sample size ever
established for a sport and recreation survey and allows levels of
detailed analysis previously unavailable. It identifies how
participation varies from place to place and between different
groups in the population.
The survey also measures; the proportion of the adult population
that volunteer in sport on a weekly basis, club membership,
involvement in organised sport/competition, receipt of tuition or
coaching, and overall satisfaction with levels of sporting
provision in the local community.
The questionnaire was designed to enable analysis of the
findings by a broad range of demographic information, such as
gender, social class, ethnicity, household structure, age and
disability.
The Active People Survey also provides the measurement for
National Indicator 8 (NI8) - adult
participation in sport and active recreation. The survey also
provides the measure for the
cultural indicators NI9, 10 and 11.
The first year of the survey, Active
People Survey 1, was conducted between October 2005 and October
2006, and was a telephone survey of 363,724 adults in England (aged
16 plus) and is unique in providing reliable statistics on
participation in sport and active recreation for all 354 local
authorities in England (a minimum of 1,000 interviews were
completed in every Local Authority in England).
Headline results from Active People Survey
1 were published in December 2006, with full, detailed results
available via a sophisticated online reporting and analysis tool,
Active People Diagnostic. Small area
estimates of participation based on Active People Survey 1
results are also available.
Due to the huge success of the Active People Survey 2005/6,
Sport England is repeating the Active People Survey, and it is now
a continuous annual survey, until October 2010.
The second year of the survey, Active
People Survey 2, began on 15 October 2007 and was completed on
14 October 2008.