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SPORT AND RECREATION IN THE LIVES OF YOUNG AUCKLANDERS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A large number of people and organisations contributed towards the successful completion of the Sport and Recreation in the Lives of Young Aucklanders report. Auckland Council would like to acknowledge our partners, Ipsos NZ Ltd, Reid Research, Sport New Zealand (Sport NZ) and Statistics Research Associates Ltd, in making this report available to our stakeholders. Sport NZ has provided ongoing support and input through co-developing the report with Auckland Council. Our combined passion for the sport and recreation sector and the benefits it brings to young Kiwis has ensured success. Ipsos and Reid Research undertook the data collection and processing. Ipsos played a substantial role in bringing the statistics and data together in a cohesive and informative report. We will draw upon this report and the survey data as we continue to focus on our commitment to young people across Auckland. We would also like to thank those schools, parents, teachers and students that participated – particularly across Auckland. Their input has been tremendously valuable and we have gained much insight and many learnings from them. We could not have achieved this without their support. Within Auckland Council, there are a number of committed individuals who have lent their time and expertise to making this report a reality. They are strong advocates of the positive role sport and recreation plays in our young people’s lives and within communities. These departments include Parks, Sport and Recreation, Integrated Communications Operations, and Research, Consultation and Engagement.

AUTHORS This Auckland Report was prepared by Ipsos. Editing, production and design were managed by Jigsaw Communications NZ Ltd following guidelines set by Sport NZ. Copies of this report can be found at: www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz (keyword: Young People's Survey).

CITATION Auckland Council, 2013, Sport and Recreation in the Lives of Young Aucklanders. Auckland, New Zealand. ISBN: 978-1-927216-21-7 Published in 2013 by Auckland Council

Sport and Recreation in the Lives of Young Aucklanders FOREWORDS

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SUMMARY

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1. INTRODUCTION •

Methodology

CONTENTS

2. PARTICIPATION • • • • • •

Number of Activities Young People Regularly Participate In Activities that Young People Regularly Participate In Number of Sport and Recreation Activities Sport and Recreation Activities Done This Year Participation in Games Participation in Events

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14 15 18 30 32 39 40

3. VIEWS ABOUT PLAYING SPORT

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4. HOW YOUNG PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN SPORT AND RECREATION

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Participation with Sports Clubs Participation with School Sports Teams Participation with Coaches / Instructors

5. WAYS YOUNG PEOPLE TAKE PART IN SPORT AND RECREATION • • •

Participation in Different Settings Highest Level at which Sport is Played Volunteering

6. TIME SPENT PARTICIPATING IN SPORT AND RECREATION • • • •

Measuring Achievement of the Auckland Plan Time Spent Participating in Sport and Recreation – Combined Time Time Spent Participating in Sport and Recreation while “Mucking Around” Time Spent Participating in Organised Sport

7. INTEREST IN SPORT AND RECREATION • •

48 50 52

54 56 60 62

64 66 67 70 73

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Sport and Recreation Activities Young People Want to Try or Do More of Watching Sport

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8. AVAILABILITY AND USE OF SPORT AND RECREATION FACILITIES, LOCAL PLACES AND EQUIPMENT

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APPENDICES

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Appendix 1: About the survey and how time is calculated

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Appendix 2: Survey topics in the Young People’s Survey

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Appendix 3: Time spent taking part in organised sport by gender and age

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Appendix 4: Participation and interest in sport and recreation activities – full sport and activity lists

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Appendix 5: Reader notes

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FOREWORDS SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT – RECREATION FOR LIFE

MAYOR OF AUCKLAND

Len Brown It is my pleasure to introduce Auckland’s inaugural sport and recreation Young People’s Survey report. This is an extremely important document for our region and for our young people now, as well as for future generations of New Zealanders who will live here one day. It has also given us the opportunity to hear the voice of young people, giving us insight into the sport and recreation activities they enjoy. This Auckland-focused report is the result of considerable work, time and research into sport and recreation and its impact on young people’s lives. It builds upon the extremely valuable Sport NZ Sport and Recreation in the Lives of Young New Zealanders national report. The survey is the most significant piece of research done on young New Zealanders’ participation in sport and recreation in more than 10 years. More than 8,000 Auckland students participated – from primary, intermediate and secondary schools. Almost 200 Auckland schools participated, of which their students made up 5,000 of the national respondents. A further 3,000 Auckland students were surveyed in a booster sample, to provide the baseline for the Auckland Plan target. The findings are important to Auckland Council as they will enable us to support community sport more strategically and to get more young people enjoying, and excelling, in sport and recreation. This is very much in line with our Auckland Plan vision, which has a strong focus on the importance of children and young people. The survey findings will help shape this focus. We will now be better informed to meet the plan’s Chapter 5: Recreation and Sport’s targets that aim to boost and support our young people’s participation. The Auckland target aims to increase the number of school-aged children participating in organised sport and informal physical activities by 2040.

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Through the survey findings, we will actively consider the information gained in the development of council policies, plans and projects. We needed this information as the council recognised some time ago that we have to both acknowledge and tackle the challenges that Auckland faces in creating a liveable city for our children and young people. Part of that challenge is to promote individual and community wellbeing through participation and excellence in recreation and sport for our young people. It is important to note that our partnership with Sport NZ made this valuable Auckland survey possible. Together we ensured the survey achieved comprehensive insight into what our young people like to participate in; this will benefit a range of stakeholders from sector-led initiatives through to community-based activities. This report is an important step in ensuring that the council effectively supports the recreation and sporting needs of our young people, which will lead to many longterm benefits including health, social, environmental and cultural outcomes. As Mayor, I look forward to seeing the positive results as we strive to make our city the world’s most liveable city.

SPORT NEW ZEALAND CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Peter Miskimmin I am very pleased to read this Auckland Council report which builds on Sport NZ’s own report Sport and Recreation in the Lives of Young New Zealanders. This work provides a voice for young New Zealanders, giving them an opportunity to tell us about their sporting lives, and to show them that we are listening. The scale of the survey allows us to explore how sport and recreation fit into the lives of young people of different ages and backgrounds. It has shown us that we need to take account of their varied preferences and circumstances as we work towards our goal of supporting more young people to engage in more sport and recreation. The results tell us many positive things. It’s very encouraging to see that the majority of young Aucklanders ‘like playing sport a lot’. As it is our largest and fastest growing city, Auckland’s results will influence our national approach towards encouraging young people to participate more in sport and recreation.

These survey results will help us identify what works best for a diverse population with a range of considerations. While all New Zealand cities have their unique challenges and opportunities, Auckland’s size, its demographic make-up and Auckland Council’s proactive approach to youth and sport and recreation will certainly inform much of our decision-making within this sector. It has been heartening to partner with Auckland Council on this key project. Council has clearly signalled through its Auckland Plan a strong intent to support, engage and encourage its youth to participate more in sport and recreation. Sport NZ has the same goal. This is a great opportunity for central and local government to work together in alignment. We are both clearly focused on young New Zealanders and on improving their prospects. We hope to use these valuable findings to take a collaborative sector-wide approach towards giving young people every opportunity to participate in sport and recreation and to share our passion.

AUCKLAND YOUTH ADVISORY PANEL

Flora Apulu It is with excitement and enthusiasm that I write the foreword for this report. As a Youth Advisory Panel we believe that staying active is important for the holistic health and development of young people.

so many of Auckland’s young people were invited to participate in the survey shows us how much we have to contribute to our country around influencing policies that affect us.

One of the areas that our panel looks at is recreation and sport – as Kiwis we love our physical activity and often use it as a way to get involved socially, get fit and sometimes to just ‘muck around’ and have a good time.

As chairperson for the panel, I commend Sport NZ in leading this report and Auckland Council for ensuring we are now able to access this important information.

We understand that recreation and sport is an integral part of Auckland and the lives of young people. As Aucklanders, we are privileged to have such a huge range of sport and recreation facilities available – from fields to swimming pools, regional parks and beaches.

This will assist the Youth Advisory Panel in our decisionmaking around recreation and sport. I look forward to assisting in creating opportunities for recreation and sport for children and young people.

Many of my friends and family use these great facilities, when playing tag, volleyball or surfing. The fact that

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SUMMARY About the Survey The 2011 Sport New Zealand’s Young People’s Survey (YPS) provides key insights into the way young New Zealanders participate in sport and recreation activities. It also tells us where and how they participate, as well as the sports / activities they’d like to try or do more of. The scale of the survey allows us to gain clear insight, for the first time, into the valuable role that sport and recreation play in the lives of boys and girls of different ages and different backgrounds.

Background In 2011, over 20,000 New Zealand students participated in the YPS sport and recreation survey, undertaken by Sport NZ and Auckland Council. Working in partnership with Sport NZ, Auckland Council supported the participation of 195 Auckland schools in the YPS. The research findings support the Auckland Plan, which has a strong focus on the importance of children and young people. The survey will help shape this focus and ensure we are better informed to meet the plan’s Chapter 5: Recreation and Sport’s targets. More than 8,000 young Aucklanders (5 to 18 years’ old) participated – around 5,000 from the national sample and another 3,000 from a booster sample. This provides a valuable baseline for the Auckland Plan target: to increase the number of school-aged children participating in organised sport and informal physical activities by 2040. It also helps us to understand the role sport and recreation plays in the lives of boys and girls of different ages and different backgrounds across Auckland, including at a Local Board level. The information helps us to better understand our communities so organisations supporting community development, and the health and wellbeing of our young people, can target activities more strategically. The survey collected valuable information about sport and recreation in its broadest sense, from casual games and activities (“mucking around”) to organised competitions. It collected information about the sports and activities in which young people participate that are organised by sports and clubs, as well as about young people’s involvement in events. To make the survey easy for students of all ages to understand, the questions asked about sport and “active things”. When simpler wording was needed to aid understanding, questions were asked about “sport”. Results are presented for boys and girls of different ages and ethnic backgrounds. Most of the findings are presented for three age groups; 5 to 10-year-olds, 11 to 14-year-olds

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and 15 to 18-year-olds. This groups together young people who are mostly at primary school, intermediate / junior secondary school, and secondary school, and recognises that the opportunities for sport and recreation and physical education (PE) vary as young people progress through school. Other findings are presented either by year-level or for older students, because students answered age-appropriate survey forms with different questions. The age groups used in the report are: t 5 to 10-year-olds – primary school t 11 to 14-year-olds – intermediate / junior secondary school t 15 to 18-year-olds – senior secondary school.

The year levels used in the report are: t Years 1 to 2, mostly 5 to 6-year-olds t Years 3 to 6, mostly 7 to 10-year-olds t Years 7 to 10, mostly 11 to 14-year-olds t Years 11 to 13, mostly 15 to 18-year-olds.

FIND OUT MORE 4 For further information about the survey, including the national results, go to: www.sportnz.org.nz/yps 4 For further information about the Auckland results go to: www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz (keyword: Young People's Survey)

What We Learnt OUR OPPORTUNITIES SPORT AND ACTIVE RECREATION ARE IMPORTANT t Most like playing sport; around 7 out of 10 boys (74.8%) and 6 out of 10 girls (58.6%) like playing sport “a lot”

SCHOOLS AND CLUBS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN PROVIDING SPORTING OPPORTUNITIES.

t Most participate in some sports / activities regularly (i.e. one or more times a week) – on average, they participate in between 3 and 5 activities regularly “this year”. Around 9 out of 10 boys, and 9 out of 10 girls in Years 1-10 participate in at least one activity regularly, while 8 out of 10 girls in Years 11-13 do this t More than 6 out of 10 boys (64.9%) and more than 5 out of 10 girls (55.6%)1 aged 7 to 18 years spend three or more hours a week participating in organised sport2. Boys are more likely than girls to do this. The proportion of young people taking part in organised sport decreases with age t Almost 7 out of 10 boys (68.8%) and almost 6 out of 10 girls (58.3%)1 spend three or more hours a week on informal sport and recreation3. The proportion of young people participating in informal sport and recreation decreases with age t Over 6 out of 10 boys (62.8%) and 7 out of 10 girls (70.6%) want to try / do more of one or more sports or activities, while around 3 out of 10 boys (26.2%) and 2 out of 10 girls (21.2%) were not interested in trying or doing more 4. Commonly mentioned sports / activities include a number of those that young people already participate in (examples are football, rugby, netball and swimming), as well as other activities that have lower participation rates (examples are tennis, hockey, surfing, martial arts and volleyball) t A substantial number of 10 to 18-year-olds have taken on volunteer roles regularly “this year” for the “sport or active things” they do. Around 5 out of 10 boys (48.9%) and 4 out of 10 girls (43.8%) said they volunteered in one or more roles such as coach / assistant coach, team / assistant manager, club administrator, referee / official, lifeguard, helper, team captain, physical activity leader or event organiser t Young people are keen spectators, watching sport on TV, online and at live games and events

WELL-ESTABLISHED AND TEAM SPORTS STILL CENTRAL TO SPORTING LIVES t Sports like football, netball and rugby are played by young people of all ages, albeit to varying degrees, and are among the sports played regularly “this year” t These three sports are also high up the list of sports that young people want to try or do more of t Team sports, like basketball, hockey, touch and volleyball, as well as sports like badminton and tennis, also feature in young people’s top 10 sports / activities and / or in their “want to try / do more of” lists t Schools play an important role in providing sporting opportunities; 5 out of 10 boys (47.5%) and 4 out of 10 girls (44.1%) belong to a school sports team t For older students (10 to 18-year-olds) schools play a key role; participation rates for most sports / activities outside of class time were higher in the school setting than within clubs t Most 10 to 18-year-olds participated in one or more sport and recreation activities organised by their school. For 10 to 14-year olds, this was around 6 out of 10 boys (85.4%) and 8 out of 10 girls (84.1%) and for 15 to 18-year olds, around 8 out of 10 boys (80.2%) and girls (81.8%) t Clubs play an important role in providing sporting opportunities. Six out of 10 boys (60.0%) and 4 out of 10 girls (45.7%) said they belonged to a sports club outside of school

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These overall figures for boys and girls do not reflect the variations between young people of different ages which are important to understanding young people’s participation. Further detail on the time that young people of different ages spend doing organised sport and informal sport or active things is presented in section 6. 2 Organised sport includes the time students spend on active PE at school and the time they spend at training or practice with a coach or taking part in competitions. Sport is used here in its broadest sense and includes active recreation – “active things”. 3 “Mucking around” with their friends, family or on their own could include things done during lunchtime at school, at the beach, at home or at a friend’s house. It includes things like shooting hoops or playing cricket in the backyard. This provides insights into participation in an informal or casual setting. This wording was tested with young people before the survey was carried out to make sure that they could understand and answer the questions. 4 Not all students answered the question which is why these figures do not sum up to 100%.

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tennis, touch, and volleyball. This participation and interest often link to the gender, age and / or ethnic background of young people

COMPETITION AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT STILL PART OF THE SPORTING LANDSCAPE t For most 10 to 18-year-olds, competitive sport is a feature of their sporting lives, with relatively few of these young people playing sport only socially and not at a higher level. Only 2 out of 10 boys (24.0%) and 3 out of 10 girls (31.4%) just play socially for fun with family and friends t The majority receive some coaching or instruction. Around 7 out of 10 boys (72.3%) and more than 6 out of 10 girls (64.8%) had a coach or instructor “this year”

YOUNG PEOPLE ENGAGING IN SPORTS / ACTIVITIES THAT DEVELOP FOUNDATION SKILLS t Activities like swimming, athletics and gymnastics that develop young people’s fundamental movement and basic sports skills all feature highly in the top 20 sports / activities young people take part in

ACTIVE RECREATION AND SPORT PLAYED IN INFORMAL SETTINGS A KEY PART OF SPORTING LIVES t Young people of all ages participate in activities like running / jogging / cross-country, cycling / biking, walking (for fitness) and tramping t Participation rates for almost all sports / activities are highest when young people are “mucking around” with friends, families or on their own6. Fewer than 3% had not done any sport or recreation activities while “mucking around” “this year”. Common sports / activities for boys when “mucking around” include basketball (including shooting hoops), football, rugby, touch, and swimming; for girls, these include dance, basketball, netball, running / jogging, swimming and walking for fitness t Sport and recreation in informal settings make an important contribution to the amount of time spent participating in sport and recreation over a week. Overall, 7 out 10 boys (68.8%) and 6 out of 10 girls (58.3%) spend at least three hours a week participating in sport and recreation while “mucking around” t Playful activity also is important, with most playing active games like four square and tag. Around 8 out of 10 boys (77.4%) and girls (80.2%) had participated in active games at least once “this year”

t Sport and recreation events, while not activities that most participate in, are a feature of around 3 out of 10 boys’ and 2 out of 10 girls’ sporting lives. Overall, 29.9% of boys and 24.3% of girls participated in at least one sport or recreation event “this year”, with running / walking events being the most common type (15.7% of boys; 13.2% of girls)

MOST YOUNG AUCKLANDERS IN YEARS 7-10 (MOSTLY 11 TO 14-YEAR-OLDS) HAVE ACCESS TO SPORTS EQUIPMENT, LOCAL PLACES AND FACILITIES, AND AROUND 50% USE THESE AS FOLLOWS: t Around 5 out of 10 young people have places to walk, run or ride a bike in their local neighbourhood, and use these t Around 5 out of 10 have a bike available (may be shared), which they use, and almost 7 in 10 have other equipment at home (e.g. bats, balls) and use these t Around 6 out of 10 have sports facilities at school (e.g. playing fields and courts) and around 5 in 10 boys and 4 in 10 girls have sports facilities in their local neighbourhood available, and use these

OUR CHALLENGES t The results confirm that participation: ƒ

Is higher for boys than girls in most respects

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Drops off in the teenage years, particularly for girls

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Varies with ethnic backgrounds and, in particular, Asian young people are less engaged in most aspects of sport and recreation overall.

The results provide a baseline for the Auckland Plan target to increase the number of school-aged children participating in organised sport and informal physical activities by 2040. For organised sport, around 6 out of 10 boys (64.9%) and girls (55.6%) aged 7 to 18 years take part in three or more hours of organised sport in a normal week. Informal participation in sport or active things when “mucking around” with friends, family and on their own is 7 out of 10 boys (68.8%) and 6 out of 10 girls (58.3%) spend three or more hours a week participating in informal physical activities.

SPORT AND RECREATION ACTIVITIES AND PREFERENCES ARE MANY AND VARIED t What boys and girls of different ages and ethnicities do and want to do is different, albeit some sports and activities are common to what all young people do / want to do t Young people participate, and are interested, in a number of what might be thought of as less traditional sports / activities – like badminton, basketball, martial arts, skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing, table

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“Mucking around” with their friends, family or on their own could include things done during lunchtime at school, at the beach, at home or at a friend’s house. It includes things like shooting hoops or playing cricket in the backyard.

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KEY INSIGHTS The results have shown us which sport and recreation activities young Aucklanders participate in, as well as telling us where and how they participated, and what sports / activities they would like to try or do more of. Key insights include: IMPACT – Sport and active recreation are important

t Playful activity also is important, with most young people playing active games like four square and tag

t The majority of boys and girls like to play sport a lot t The majority participate in some sports / activities regularly (i.e. one or more times a week), on average, between three and five activities regularly this year t Almost two-thirds of boys and over one-half of girls aged 7 to 18 years spend three or more hours a week taking part in organised sport t The majority want to try / do more of one or more sports or activities t A substantial number of 10 to 18-year-olds have taken on volunteer roles regularly t Young people are keen spectators, watching sport on TV, online and at live games and events

TEAMS – Well-established and team sports are central to sporting lives t Sports like football, netball and rugby are played by young people of all ages, albeit to varying degrees, and are among the sports played regularly t These three sports are also high up the list of sports that young people want to try or do more of t Team sports, like basketball, hockey, touch and volleyball, as well as sports like badminton and tennis, also feature well

SETTINGS – Key settings like school, clubs and informal settings play an important role t 5 out of 10 boys and 4 out of 10 girls belong to a school sports team t For older students (10 to 18-year-olds) schools play a key role; participation rates for most sports / activities were higher in the school setting than within clubs t The majority had participated in one or more sport and recreation activities organised by their school – across all ages t 6 out of 10 boys and 4 out of 10 girls belonged to a sports club outside of school t Active recreation and sport played in informal settings also are a key part of young Aucklanders’ sporting lives – as young people of all ages take part in activities like running / jogging / cross-country, cycling / biking, walking (for fitness) and tramping t Participation rates for almost all sports / activities are highest when young people are “mucking around” with friends, families or on their own t Sport and recreation in informal settings make an important contribution to the amount of time young people spend taking part in sport and recreation during the course of a week

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COMPETITION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT – part of the sporting landscape t The majority of 10 to 18-year-olds have competitive sport as a feature of their sporting lives t The majority receive some coaching or instruction t Young people are engaging in sports / activities that develop foundation skills, fundamental movement and basic sports skills – swimming, athletics and gymnastics activities featured in the top 10 activities

VARIETY – activities and preferences are vast and varied t What boys and girls of different ages and ethnicities do and want to do is different, albeit some sports and activities are common to what all young people do / want to do t Young people take part, and are interested, in a number of what might be thought of as less traditional sports / activities – like badminton, basketball, martial arts, skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing, table tennis, touch, and volleyball

ACCESS – to sports equipment, local places and facilities (for 11 to 14-year-olds) t Around 5 out of 10 have places to walk, run or ride a bike available in their local neighbourhood, and use these t Around 5 out of 10 have a bike available (may be shared), which they use, and most (around 7 out of 10) have other sports equipment at home and use this t Boys are more likely than girls to have sports facilities such as courts or fields available in their local neighbourhood and to use these (5 out of 10 boys and 4 out of 10 girls)

GENDER AND ETHNICITY – influence participation levels t Participation is higher for boys than girls t Participation drops off in the teenage years, particularly for girls t Participation varies with young people’s ethnic backgrounds

Other insights and greater understanding will emerge as we delve further into this significant research into young Aucklanders’ participation in sport and recreation.

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Auckland Priorities Auckland Plan The survey results, including both the opportunities and challenges, confirm our priorities for young people’s sport and active recreation in the Auckland Plan. The plan places our children and young people as the top priority. Auckland Council aims to ensure that every child can reach his / her full potential. All Auckland children are entitled to the basic needs of love, shelter, food and safety, as well as education and skill development, to instil confidence and pride. We need strong, healthy communities to achieve this. The plan emphasises that families, whänau and the wider community share these responsibilities. Many of these positive outcomes will also be influenced and supported by active participation in sport and recreation (as identified in Chapter 5: Auckland Plan). The priorities for sport and recreation contained within this chapter include:

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Provide quality opportunities for all Aucklanders to participate in recreation and sport

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Prioritise and optimise our recreation and sport facilities and public open space use and the capability of recreation and sport organisations

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Maximise the contribution of recreation and sport to Auckland’s economic prosperity.

ALL AUCKLAND CHILDREN ARE ENTITLED TO THE BASIC NEEDS OF LOVE, SHELTER, FOOD AND SAFETY, AS WELL AS EDUCATION AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT, TO INSTIL CONFIDENCE AND PRIDE. WE NEED STRONG, HEALTHY COMMUNITIES TO ACHIEVE THIS.

Maori Plan The Màori Plan for Tamaki Makaurau is an important milestone for Auckland as it lays the foundation for the future, to further strengthen partnerships. The plan contains a number of key directions including Improving Quality of Life for Màori. The Health and Wellness section seeks to ensure progress towards achieving an improved quality of life for Mäori, via key indicators, including: t The active participation of Mäori in sport and recreation

4 For more information go to: http://theplan.theaucklandplan.govt.nz/

t The numbers of children (and hours spent) participating in sport and recreation, from schools and sports clubs

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t The percentage of children attending club or interest group activities such as kapa haka.

4 For further information email: [email protected]

The Sport and Recreation in the Lives of Young Aucklanders report provides important data to assist Auckland in measuring progress against these indicators.

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1. INTRODUCTION Sport NZ and Auckland Council undertook the 2011 YPS to learn what young people are doing now and what they’d like to do. Over 20,000 young New Zealanders (5 to 18 years) participated. Over 8,000 young Aucklanders were included – around 5,000 from this national sample and another 3,000 from a booster sample. The survey gives a baseline for young people’s participation in sport and recreation. This report outlines those results for young Aucklanders.

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INTRODUCTION

Methodology

some questions, therefore, responses have been analysed by the survey form completed, rather than by age group.

YPS is a school-based survey. To include a large number of young people in the survey, school was the best place to contact them and it is where the majority of young people experience their first exposure to sport and recreation.

In addition, the topics that students were asked to provide responses about varied across age groups.

The survey took place in Term 3 (August to early October 2011). Schools – primary, intermediate and secondary – were chosen at random from all across the Auckland Council region. This provided information from a representative cross-section of boys, girls and young people aged from 5 to 18 years (a small number of 4-year-olds and 19-year-olds took part in the survey but, for ease of reading, we refer to 5 to 18-year-olds in this report). Some types of schools were not included in the survey for practical reasons. Appendix 1 has more information about how the survey was designed and carried out.

To make the survey easy for young people to understand, the questions asked about sport and “active things”. When simpler wording was needed to aid understanding, questions were asked about “sport”.

THE MAIN TOPICS MOST STUDENTS (OR THEIR PARENTS / CAREGIVERS) ANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT WERE: t If they like sport t What sports and active things they take part in and how often t If they take part in sport and recreation events, like triathlons and biking events

A total of 195 Auckland schools participated in the survey. Almost 7 out of 10 (68%) schools that were asked to participate did so.

t How they take part, for example, with clubs, with school teams, with a coach / instructor

At each school, one or more classes were chosen at random and the students in those classes were asked if they would take part in the survey. Parents / caregivers of Years 1 and 2 students were asked to complete the survey form on behalf of their children. The survey was voluntary and all answers were anonymous.

t What sports and active things they want to try or do more of

Over 7 out of 10 (71.4%) students / parents selected for the survey took part. Along with the school response rate, this gives an overall response rate for the survey of 48.6%. Basing the survey in schools also allowed teachers to be asked some questions about sport and recreation in their schools, to find out what more can be done to support schools and teachers, and link schools to sport and recreation organisations in their communities. See Appendix 1 for further detail.

t How much time they spend taking part in sport and active things

t If they watch sport.

4 Appendix 2 lists all the topics students and teachers answered questions about.

THIS REPORT INCLUDES FOUR TOPICS OLDER STUDENTS (10 TO 18-YEAR-OLDS) WERE ASKED ABOUT: t The ways they take part in sport and recreation, i.e. in activities organised by their school (outside of class time), by clubs or when they are “mucking around” on their own or with friends and family t What level they play sport at, from social to representing their school or country t If they volunteer and, if so, in what roles

SURVEY FORMS The YPS used four age-appropriate survey forms; for Years 1 to 2, Years 3 to 6, Years 7 to 10, and Years 11 to 13. Parents / caregivers of students in Years 1 and 2 (mostly 5 and 6-years-olds) completed the forms for this age group. Parents’ responses are not reported separately, but with those of students to provide results for boys and girls of different ages and ethnic backgrounds. Most students completed the form that was consistent with their year level and therefore with young people of the same age. However, some of the classes selected for the survey had students of mixed ages (referred to as composite or vertical classes / forms). Students in these mixed-age classes completed the survey form appropriate to the youngest students in the class so that all students could take part in the survey. For

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t If they had sport facilities, local places and equipment available to them, and whether they used these (10 to 14-year-olds)

4 To find the survey forms go to: www.sportnz.org.nz/yps

WEIGHTING As not all schools and students (or their parents) chosen for the survey in Auckland took part, some groups (based on age, gender and ethnicity) are under- or over-represented in the survey responses. To account for this, the responses are adjusted, or weighted, using information about students’ characteristics from the Ministry of Education’s school roll. This adjustment means the figures in the report are representative of all the students from the types of school included in the survey. See Appendix 1 for further detail about weighting.

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SAMPLE PROFILE The unweighted and weighted sample is shown below. Results in this report are based on the weighted sample. See Appendix 1 for a more detailed profile breakdown.

POINTS TO NOTE: AGE AND YEAR GROUPINGS Most of the findings are presented for three age groups: 5 to 10-year-olds; 11 to 14-year-olds; 15 to 18-year-olds. This groups together young people who are mostly at primary school, intermediate / junior secondary school, and secondary school, respectively.

Profile of Auckland students in the sample that participated in the survey: unweighted and weighted

Other findings are presented either by year level or for older students, because students answered age-appropriate survey forms with different questions. The year levels used in the report are:

Boys

48.7% 50.8%

Girls

50.9% 48.8%

t Years 1 to 2, mostly 5 to 6-year-olds t Years 3 to 6, mostly 7 to 10-year-olds t Years 7 to 10, mostly 11 to 14-year-olds t Years 11 to 13, mostly 15 to 18-year-olds.

ETHNICITY

5-10 years

39.4%

11-14 years

31.7% 22.8%

15-18 years

USE OF PERCENTAGES AND NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS

23.2%

54.4% 57.5%

NZ European 15.7% 14.9%

Màori

27.8%

Pacific

24.6% 20.1%

Asian

Other

Information is presented for the four main ethnic groups (New Zealand European, Mäori, Pacific peoples and Asian peoples). A small number of young people (185) identified with “other” ethnicities (e.g. Middle Eastern, Latin American or African), and these results are not included in this report.

37.1% 44.4%

19.9% 2.2% 2.9%

Unweighted

Results are presented mostly in terms of percentages. Where appropriate, an estimate of the number of participants is included. These estimates are derived from the numbers in the Ministry of Education’s school roll (see Appendix 1 for more information about these estimates). A small number of students did not answer some questions, and their responses were recorded as “not answered”. Those responses are not included in the tables and charts. Readers should note that the figures in the report are estimates, as they are from a sample survey rather than a survey of all the students in the types of schools covered by the YPS (i.e. a census). These estimates are subject to variation that falls within known ranges, and this is expressed as the confidence interval. Confidence intervals are not reported. Other points that readers should note about the survey and the results are shown in Appendix 5.

Weighted

The sum of the proportions of boys and girls, and the sum of the proportions of the three age groups is less than the total because some students did not provide their age and / or gender. Students could identify with one or more ethnic groups, and so the sum of the proportions of the five ethnicity categories is greater than the total number of respondents.

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Number of Activities Young People 7 Regularly Participate In Gender and Year Level Participation levels are high for boys and girls when the focus is on one or more regular sports / activities:

The next two sections look at how often young people participate in sport and recreation activities “this year”. Asking about “this year” provides a measure of participation in both summer and winter sports / activities.

t Around 9 out of 10 boys of all ages take part in one or

more sports / activities regularly (i.e. boys in Years 1-13)

FREQUENCY IS MEASURED ON A THREE-POINT SCALE:

t Around 9 out of 10 girls in Years 1-10 and 8 out of 10 girls

in Years 11-13 take part in one or more sports / activities regularly.

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Not done this year

2

Done a few times this year

3

Done regularly, which is defined as one or more times a week.

Regular participation in two or more sports / activities is also high for boys and girls in Years 1-10, but is lower for those in Years 11-13: BOYS:

Insights into participation come from looking at the percentage of young people who do a number of sports / activities regularly (i.e. one or more times a week “this year”). The tables and charts in this section show results by the four year-level survey forms students completed, rather than by the three age groups used later in this section. Further information on this approach is given in Appendix 5.

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Around 8 out of 10 boys in Years 1-10 take part in two or more sports / activities regularly

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Around 7 out of 10 boys in Years 11-13 take part in two or more sports / activities regularly.

GIRLS:

Looking first at all sports and activities, on average young people take part in between three and five activities regularly.

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Around 8 out of 10 girls in Years 1-10 take part in two or more sports / activities regularly

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Around 6 out of 10 girls in Years 11-13 take part in two or more sports / activities regularly.

t Boys of all ages take part in more activities on a regular

basis than girls t For both boys and girls, the averages are highest for those

in Years 3-6 (mostly 7 to 10-year-olds) and lowest for those in Years 11-13 (mostly 15 to 18-year-olds).

Boys and girls in Years 11-13 were most likely not to take part in any activities regularly (the figures are 12.5% and 17.4% for boys and girls, respectively).

Regular participation by gender and year level – all sports / activities BOYS

Average number of sports / activities take part in regularly1,2 Take part in one or more sports / activities regularly Take part in two or more sports / activities regularly Did not take part in any activities regularly 1 2

GIRLS

YEARS 1-2

YEARS 3-6

YEARS 7-10

YEARS 11-13

YEARS 1-2

YEARS 3-6

YEARS 7-10

YEARS 11-13

3.9

5.1

4.9

3.5

3.5

4.7

4.5

3.3

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

92.4

92.8

92.8

87.5

92.9

91.3

88.4

82.6

82.8

82.4

79.9

66.3

76.1

78.7

74.9

62.0

7.6

7.2

7.2

12.5

7.1

8.7

11.6

17.4

Regular is defined as one or more times a week “this year”. Averages shown are calculated for those who did one or more sports / activities.

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As games is an activity participated in regularly by a high proportion of young people, particularly those in the younger age groups (Years 1-10), this activity has been excluded from the figures in the table below.

BOYS AND GIRLS IN YEARS 11-13 WERE MOST LIKELY NOT TO TAKE PART IN ANY ACTIVITIES REGULARLY (THE FIGURES ARE 12.5% AND 17.4% FOR BOYS AND GIRLS, RESPECTIVELY).

Excluding games results in slightly lower averages and participation rates, but the differences between the figures in this table and the previous table are small. The pattern of participation (i.e. the higher and lower averages and percentages) for boys and girls across the age groups remains the same.

Regular participation by gender and year level – excluding games BOYS

GIRLS

Years 1-2

Years 3-6

Years 7-10

Years 11-13

Years 1-2

Years 3-6

Years 7-10

Years 11-13

3.5

4.6

4.6

3.3

3.0

4.2

4.1

3.1

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

Take part in one or more sports / activities regularly

91.2

90.7

90.9

85.9

91.8

90.0

86.9

81.1

Take part in two or more sports / activities regularly

74.5

78.4

76.5

62.9

70.5

75.2

71.7

60.0

Did not take part in any activities regularly

8.8

9.3

9.1

14.1

8.2

10.0

13.1

18.9

Average number of sports / activities take part in regularly1,2

1 2

Regular is defined as one or more times a week “this year”. Averages shown are calculated for those who did one or more sports / activities excluding games.

POINTS TO NOTE: The tables and charts in this section show results of the four year-level survey forms students completed – Appendix 5 explains the reason for this approach. The year levels of the four survey forms align, for the most part, with the years students are in at school and so their age. Years 1-2 students are mostly 5 to 6-year-olds, Years 3-6 students are mostly 7 to 10-year-olds, Years 7-10 are mostly 11 to 14-year-olds, and years 11-13 are mostly 15 to 18-year-olds. Games were included as a category in the survey form so that young people could select this activity, even if they did not take part in any other sports or activities. While games are active, they are not a recognised form of sport and recreation. Games have been included in the first table (on page 15), and excluded from the second.

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PHOTO: HARBOUR SPORT

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Activities that Young People Regularly 8 Participate In Gender and Year-level This section shows more detailed information on the frequency of activities participated in “this year” from the four year-level survey forms students completed. For both boys and girls, regular participation in many sports and activities decreases as young people move into higher year levels. Some examples are given below: t Athletics (e.g. from 55.8% for Year 1-2 boys to 3.8% for Year 11-13 boys) t Cycling/biking (e.g. from 42.7% for Year 1-2 boys to 12.0% for Year 11-13 boys) t Gymnastics (e.g. from 34.6% for Year 1-2 girls to 6.2% for Year 11-13 girls) t Swimming (e.g. from 49.2% for Year 1-2 girls to 15.5% for Year 11-13 girls).

Participation in team sports and activities increases as young people move into higher year levels, peaking at Year 7-10 for both boys and girls. Some examples are given below: t Basketball / mini-ball (e.g. from 4.4% for Year 1-2 boys to 21.9% for Year 7-10 boys) t Tennis (e.g. from 6.3% for Year 1-2 boys to 12.0% for Year 7-10 boys) t Volleyball (e.g. from 0.9% for Year 1-2 girls to 14.4% for Year 7-10 girls) t Football (e.g. from 5.5% for Year 1-2 girls to 17.0% for Year 7-10 girls). PHOTO: COUNTIES MANUKAU SPORT

POINTS TO NOTE: Frequency is reported here on a three-point scale and for the lists of sports / activities students were asked about (28 sports / activities in the Years 1-6 forms and 41 in the Years 7 to 13 forms). Readers should note that the tables and charts in section show results by the four year-level survey forms students completed – Appendix 5 explains the reason for this approach. The year levels of the four survey forms align, for the most part, with the Years students are in at school and so their age. Years 1-2 students are mostly 5 to 6-year-olds, Years 3-6 students are mostly

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7 to 10-year-olds, Years 7-10 are mostly 11 to 14-yearolds, and Years 11-13 are mostly 15 to 18-year-olds. Games were included as a category in the survey form so that young people could select this activity, even if they did not take part in any other sports or activities. While games are active, they are not a recognised form of sport and recreation. However, games have been included in the following tables, as games and ‘play’ activity can contribute to young people’s skill development.

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YEARS 1-2 (MOSTLY 5 TO 6-YEAR-OLDS) Sports / activities done most often by boys were: t Athletics (including run, jump, throw) (55.8%), swimming (53.2%) and cycling / biking (42.7%).

Sports / activities done most often by girls were: t Athletics (including run, jump, throw) (57.4%), swimming (49.2%) and dance (40.9%).

Key point: The main sports / activities that boys said they did more often than girls were rugby (including Rippa Rugby) (24.8%) and football (33.2%). For girls, the main activity that they said they did more often than boys was dance (40.9%).

How often young people take part in sports / activities “this year” – Years 1-2 (mostly 5 to 6-year-olds) BOYS YEARS 1-2

Sports and recreation activities

Not done this year %

GIRLS YEARS 1-2

Done a few times a year %

Done regularly this year* %

Not done this year %

Done a few times a year %

Done regularly this year* %

Athletics (run, jump, throw)

7.2

37.0

55.8

8.0

34.6

57.4

Basketball, mini-ball

60.1

35.6

4.4

71.1

24.7

4.2

Bodyboarding

79.8

20.0

0.2

77.9

21.9

0.2

Cricket

66.4

27.8

5.8

78.8

20.1

1.2

Cross-country

31.8

56.9

11.4

32.5

61.1

6.5

Cycling, biking

15.7

41.5

42.7

13.9

56.1

30.0

Dance (e.g. ballet, b-boy, b-girl)

55.1

28.8

16.1

24.1

35.0

40.9

Fishing

62.4

36.3

1.3

81.2

18.0

0.8

Football, soccer, futsal

23.4

43.4

33.2

62.9

31.6

5.5

Gymnastics, trampoline, aerobics

33.8

34.8

31.4

26.7

38.7

34.6

Hockey

90.6

5.3

4.1

91.8

7.2

0.9

Mäori activities (e.g. kapa haka)

72.3

22.9

4.9

73.2

21.4

5.4

Martial arts (e.g. karate, judo)

85.4

6.1

8.5

95.4

2.7

1.9

Netball

90.9

8.0

1.1

73.1

18.3

8.7

Pacific activities (e.g. kilikiti, soke)

94.3

5.5

0.3

95.2

3.6

1.3

Rugby, Rippa Rugby

42.6

32.6

24.8

78.5

19.3

2.2

Sailing, yachting

94.7

4.8

0.5

97.7

2.3

0.0

Skateboarding

54.6

36.7

8.7

83.0

15.1

1.9

Skiing

91.0

8.6

0.4

90.3

9.2

0.5

Snowboarding

98.5

1.1

0.4

97.0

3.0

0.0

Softball, T-ball

67.6

30.4

2.0

75.6

22.1

2.3

Swimming

9.2

37.6

53.2

5.8

45.0

49.2

Table tennis

81.7

15.6

2.7

87.2

12.6

0.1

Tennis, Grasshoppers

74.7

19.0

6.3

80.5

18.4

1.0

Tramping, bush walks

43.5

48.0

8.5

56.1

39.5

4.5

Volleyball, Kiwi Volley

92.8

7.1

0.1

95.0

4.1

0.9

Water polo / Flippa Ball

92.3

6.6

1.1

96.3

3.7

0.0

Games

8.4

35.9

55.8

9.1

42.7

48.2

Athletics includes 'run, jump, throw', which is a foundation programme of Athletics New Zealand and was used in the survey forms to help describe athletics to younger students. * Done regularly was defined as 1 or more times a week.

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YEARS 3-6 (MOSTLY 7 TO 10-YEAR-OLDS) Sports / activities done most often by boys were: t Football (41.1%), swimming (39.4%) and rugby (36.4%).

Sports / activities done most often by girls were:



t Swimming (47.5%), netball (38.0%) and dance (31.2%).

Key point: The main sports / activities that boys said they did more often than girls were rugby (including Rippa Rugby) (36.4%) and football (41.1%). For girls, the main sports / activities that they said they did more often than boys were netball (38.0%) and dance (31.2%).

How often young people take part in sports / activities “this year” – Years 3-6 (mostly 7 to 10-year-olds) BOYS YEARS 3-6 7-10 years’ old

Sports and recreation activities

Athletics (run, jump, throw)

GIRLS YEARS 3-6 7-10 years’ old

Not done this year %

Done a few times a year %

Done regularly this year* %

Not done this year %

Done a few times a year %

Done regularly this year* %

26.2

47.0

26.8

23.9

49.9

26.2

Basketball, mini-ball

40.2

39.9

19.9

57.3

35.1

7.6

Bodyboarding

66.2

28.7

5.1

71.4

23.5

5.1

Cricket

41.5

44.1

14.4

55.7

37.6

6.8

Cross-country

24.5

48.7

26.8

21.2

53.4

25.4

Cycling, biking

27.3

43.8

29.0

25.6

44.6

29.9

Dance (e.g. ballet, b-boy, b-girl)

66.3

23.0

10.7

39.5

29.3

31.2

Fishing

51.9

36.9

11.2

65.5

29.3

5.2

Football, soccer, futsal

20.9

38.0

41.1

38.3

45.5

16.2

Gymnastics, trampoline, aerobics

38.2

39.3

22.4

28.1

41.1

30.7

Hockey

58.3

31.1

10.6

62.7

27.8

9.5

Mäori activities (e.g. kapa haka)

63.9

21.5

14.6

56.8

23.2

20.0

Martial arts (e.g. karate, judo)

63.6

20.3

16.1

77.3

15.4

7.3

Netball

72.1

23.2

4.7

30.4

31.6

38.0

Pacific activities (e.g. kilikiti, soke)

81.2

11.9

7.0

84.0

9.4

6.6

Rugby, Rippa Rugby

23.2

40.4

36.4

43.8

42.5

13.6

Sailing, yachting

78.8

17.6

3.6

82.1

15.7

2.1

Skateboarding

41.0

37.4

21.6

63.0

30.4

6.7

Skiing

74.1

20.1

5.8

76.2

19.0

4.8

Snowboarding

78.8

14.9

6.3

86.7

10.7

2.6

Softball, T-ball

38.9

47.2

14.0

42.1

46.6

11.3

Swimming

11.2

49.3

39.4

8.4

44.2

47.5

Table tennis

47.4

35.7

16.9

52.4

36.8

10.8

Tennis, Grasshoppers

58.9

29.9

11.2

57.9

31.1

11.0

Tramping, bush walks

39.3

44.8

15.9

40.3

46.4

13.2

Volleyball, Kiwi Volley

63.5

27.7

8.8

55.3

33.3

11.5

Water polo, Flippa Ball

74.7

19.4

5.9

75.0

19.5

5.5

Games

12.7

37.0

50.3

10.0

39.3

50.8

Athletics includes 'run, jump, throw', which is a foundation programme of Athletics New Zealand and was used in the survey forms to help describe athletics to younger students. * Done regularly was defined as 1 or more times a week.

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YEARS 7-10 (MOSTLY 11 TO 14-YEAR-OLDS) Sports / activities done most often by boys were: t Running / jogging / cross-country (34.1%), rugby (33.6%) and football (32.9%).

Sports / activities done most often by girls were:



t Netball (37.8%), walking (34.2%), and running / jogging / cross-country (31.6%).

Key point: The main sports / activities that boys said they did more often than girls were rugby (33.6%) and football (32.9%). For girls, the main sports / activities that they said they did more often than boys were netball (37.8%) and dance (29.0%).

How often young people take part in sports / activities “this year” – Years 7-10 (mostly 11 to 14-year-olds) BOYS YEARS 7-10 11-14 years’ old

Sports and recreation activities Adventure racing Athletics, track and field Badminton Basketball Bodyboarding Canoeing, kayaking Cricket Cycling, biking (not mountain biking) Dance (e.g. ballet, b-boy, b-girl) Fishing Football, soccer, futsal Golf Gymnastics, trampoline, aerobics Hockey Indoor climbing Mäori activities (e.g. kapa haka) Martial arts (e.g. karate, judo) Mountain biking Netball Orienteering Pacific activities (e.g. kilikiti, soke) Rowing Rugby Rugby league Running, jogging, cross-country Sailing, yachting Skateboarding Skiing Snowboarding Softball, T-ball Surfing (not bodyboarding) Swimming Table tennis Tennis Touch Tramping, bush walks Tri(athlon), duathlon Volleyball, Kiwi Volley Walking for fitness Water polo, Flippa Ball Games

Not done this year % 73.9 30.6 44.3 19.5 61.6 50.5 41.7 33.8 72.6 47.8 17.5 68.2 63.1 49.9 57.0 77.8 74.5 61.2 59.1 68.6 86.8 80.8 22.9 46.8 10.5 74.9 55.1 74.2 75.5 42.6 79.3 15.6 32.4 48.3 27.4 50.9 83.8 53.4 41.2 82.0 12.4

Done a few times a year % 22.8 59.6 44.0 58.7 35.7 47.2 46.5 43.5 17.9 45.2 49.5 28.5 31.8 41.0 40.7 17.6 13.8 30.9 37.8 29.8 8.5 17.8 43.5 33.3 55.4 21.7 30.7 24.5 22.4 51.1 17.9 59.4 51.0 39.7 45.8 44.4 14.2 38.5 36.2 11.3 42.8

Done regularly this year* % 3.3 9.7 11.6 21.9 2.8 2.2 11.8 22.7 9.6 7.1 32.9 3.3 5.1 9.1 2.3 4.6 11.8 7.8 3.1 1.6 4.8 1.4 33.6 19.9 34.1 3.4 14.3 1.3 2.1 6.3 2.8 25.0 16.6 12.0 26.8 4.7 2.0 8.1 22.6 6.7 44.8

GIRLS YEARS 7-10 11-14 years’ old Not done this year % 77.0 30.9 43.1 27.5 70.6 56.6 49.4 38.4 36.5 64.8 25.4 84.2 51.5 49.3 61.1 70.6 83.5 80.6 21.3 69.9 81.3 86.8 46.4 66.6 8.1 83.4 71.0 81.1 88.1 38.8 83.2 15.3 48.3 52.7 38.7 50.1 86.9 39.5 19.9 85.7 11.8

Done a few times a year % 20.4 61.5 45.2 58.3 27.6 41.8 46.0 48.7 34.5 32.7 57.6 14.0 36.6 41.0 36.1 18.6 10.9 17.0 40.9 27.1 12.4 12.6 44.4 27.3 60.3 15.2 25.3 17.8 10.7 53.8 14.9 60.8 43.9 38.3 46.1 45.1 12.6 46.1 45.9 10.5 47.6

Done regularly this year* % 2.6 7.6 11.8 14.2 1.8 1.6 4.5 13.0 29.0 2.6 17.0 1.8 11.9 9.7 2.9 10.8 5.6 2.4 37.8 2.9 6.3 0.6 9.1 6.1 31.6 1.4 3.7 1.1 1.2 7.4 1.9 23.9 7.8 9.0 15.2 4.8 0.5 14.4 34.2 3.9 40.6

* Done regularly was defined as 1 or more times a week.

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YEARS 11-13 (MOSTLY 15 TO 18-YEAR-OLDS) Sports / activities done most often by boys were: t Running / jogging / cross-country (28.5%), rugby (26.0%) and football (25.5%).

Sports / activities done most often by girls were:



t Walking (38.0%), running / jogging / cross-country (30.1%), and dance (23.3%).

Key Point: The main sports / activities that boys said they did more often than girls were rugby (26.0%) and football (25.5%). For girls, the main sports / activities that they said they did more often than boys were walking (38.0%), dance (23.3%) and netball (19.6%).

How often young people take part in sports / activities “this year” – Years 11-13 (mostly 15 to 18-year-olds) BOYS YEARS 11-13 15-18 YEARS’ OLD

Sports and recreation activities Adventure racing Athletics, track and field Badminton Basketball Bodyboarding Canoeing, kayaking Cricket Cycling, biking (not mountain biking) Dance (e.g. ballet, b-boy, b-girl) Fishing Football, soccer, futsal Golf Gymnastics, trampoline, aerobics Hockey Indoor climbing Mäori activities (e.g. kapa haka) Martial arts (e.g. karate, judo) Mountain biking Netball Orienteering Pacific activities (e.g. kilikiti, soke) Rowing Rugby Rugby league Running, jogging, cross-country Sailing, yachting Skateboarding Skiing Snowboarding Softball Surfing (not bodyboarding) Swimming Table tennis Tennis Touch Tramping, bush walks Tri(athlon), duathlon Volleyball, Kiwi Volley Walking for fitness Water polo, Flippa Ball Games

Not done this year % 86.4 34.8 50.5 30.6 71.5 63.1 64.0 46.5 77.3 56.5 29.5 76.6 76.0 72.0 73.4 89.5 76.9 74.1 73.6 82.7 87.9 83.7 33.8 54.4 20.9 87.6 70.8 84.3 81.5 71.4 81.9 29.1 41.9 62.3 39.0 58.9 87.2 56.2 51.6 91.2 33.7

* Done regularly was defined as 1 or more times a week.

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Done a few times a year % 12.3 61.4 43.3 54.1 26.9 35.4 29.0 41.5 14.6 40.4 45.0 21.3 18.6 21.2 25.2 8.6 13.9 21.4 24.1 15.9 9.1 14.0 40.1 28.5 50.6 10.3 20.0 13.9 17.4 26.0 14.0 60.1 48.0 31.9 40.5 38.1 11.6 34.3 30.9 6.6 45.5

Done regularly this year* % 1.2 3.8 6.2 15.4 1.6 1.5 7.1 12.0 8.1 3.1 25.5 2.1 5.4 6.8 1.3 1.9 9.2 4.5 2.3 1.4 3.1 2.3 26.0 17.1 28.5 2.0 9.2 1.8 1.1 2.6 4.1 10.9 10.1 5.7 20.5 3.0 1.1 9.5 17.6 2.2 20.8

GIRLS YEARS 11-13 15-18 YEARS’ OLD Not done this year % 89.6 38.1 48.5 46.1 69.9 61.3 72.0 47.7 42.4 74.5 42.6 83.3 65.2 74.0 78.2 87.1 88.2 86.3 42.6 88.1 91.0 86.7 69.7 84.0 15.4 88.8 83.0 80.5 88.7 70.6 83.7 20.4 63.6 58.0 63.4 54.4 89.8 57.5 18.4 90.1 27.2

Done a few times a year % 9.7 56.9 42.4 46.5 29.1 37.3 26.0 45.4 34.3 24.7 45.4 15.8 28.6 18.5 20.8 9.7 7.5 12.3 37.7 11.0 5.8 10.6 26.8 13.4 54.5 10.1 15.7 18.4 10.3 26.8 14.8 64.0 30.7 35.9 29.6 43.2 9.2 33.9 43.6 7.6 54.2

Done regularly this year* % 0.7 5.0 9.0 7.4 1.0 1.4 2.0 6.9 23.3 0.9 12.1 0.9 6.2 7.5 1.1 3.1 4.3 1.4 19.6 0.9 3.3 2.7 3.6 2.7 30.1 1.1 1.3 1.0 0.9 2.6 1.5 15.5 5.8 6.1 7.0 2.5 0.9 8.6 38.0 2.3 18.6

PARTICIPATION

Gender and Ethnicity For boys and girls in each ethnic group, there are some differences in the sports they regularly take part in. BOYS compared with all boys:

GIRLS compared with all girls:

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Athletics (27.1%) and Mäori activities* (15.1%) are done more often by Màori boys

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Athletics (28.7%) and Mäori activities (27.4%) are done more often by Màori girls

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Basketball (19.9%), Pacific activities** (13.6%) and volleyball (17.5%) are done more often by Pacific boys

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Badminton is played more often by Asian boys (18.3%)

Basketball (14.7%), netball (34.6%), rugby (17.0%), Pacific activities (16.1%), rugby league (12.2%) and volleyball (22.1%) are done more often by Pacific girls

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Cycling / biking (30.4%) and football (38.3%) are done more often by New Zealand European boys

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Mäori (17.5%) and Pacific (27.8%) girls were also more likely to play touch regularly

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Dance was done most often by Màori (16.9%) and Pacific (15.6%) boys

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Badminton is played more often by Asian girls (16.1%).

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Walking for fitness was done more often by Pacific (28.2%) and Asian (26.6%) boys

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Mäori and Pacific boys were also more like to play rugby (44.1% and 53.0% respectively), rugby league (30.2% and 49.2% respectively) and touch (35.9% and 51.2%) regularly.

* Mäori activities include kapa haka, waka ama, ki-o-rahi, mau räkau and taiaha. ** Pacific activities include kilikiti, soke, ura pau, tame and meke.

POINT TO NOTE: Students were able to identify with more than one ethnic group (e.g. Mäori and Pacific), and so the figures for each ethnic group should be compared only with the totals, which are shown on the first table (e.g. results for Pacific boys can be compared with those for all boys, but not with boys in other ethnic groups).

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How often young people take part in sports / activities “this year” by boys and girls All BOYS

Sports and recreation activities

Not done this year %

Done a few times a year %

All GIRLS Done regularly this year* %

Not done this year %

Done a few times a year %

Done regularly this year* %

Adventure racing**

80.1

17.6

2.3

83.4

15.0

1.6

Athletics, track and field

25.5

51.8

22.7

26.1

51.5

22.4

Badminton**

47.3

43.7

9.0

45.9

43.8

10.4

Basketball

36.3

47.6

16.0

49.3

42.1

8.6

Bodyboarding

69.1

28.3

2.6

72.1

25.8

2.1

Canoeing, kayaking**

56.7

41.4

1.9

59.0

39.5

1.5

Cricket

52.4

37.5

10.1

63.2

33.1

3.7

Cycling, biking (not mountain biking)

31.4

42.6

25.9

32.3

48.3

19.4

Dance (e.g. ballet, b-boy, b-girl)

68.6

20.6

10.8

36.3

33.2

30.5

Fishing

54.1

39.9

6.0

70.9

26.6

2.4

Football, soccer, futsal

22.7

43.9

33.3

41.0

45.8

13.1

Golf**

72.4

24.9

2.7

83.8

14.9

1.3

Gymnastics, trampoline, aerobics

53.4

31.1

15.5

43.9

36.1

20.0

Hockey

66.1

26.0

7.9

68.2

24.6

7.3

Indoor climbing**

65.1

33.1

1.8

69.8

28.3

1.9

Mäori activities (e.g. kapa haka)

75.9

17.4

6.7

72.0

18.0

10.1

Martial arts (e.g. karate, judo)

74.3

14.0

11.6

85.6

9.5

4.9

Mountain biking**

67.6

26.2

6.2

83.5

14.6

1.9

Netball

72.8

24.3

2.9

39.9

33.0

27.1

Orienteering**

75.6

23.0

1.5

79.2

18.9

1.9

Pacific activities (e.g. kilikiti, soke)

87.1

8.9

4.0

87.5

8.0

4.5

Rowing**

82.2

15.9

1.8

86.7

11.6

1.7

Rugby

29.8

39.5

30.6

58.6

34.0

7.4

Rugby league**

50.6

30.9

18.5

75.4

20.2

4.4

Running, jogging, cross-country

21.3

52.6

26.1

18.5

57.0

24.4

Sailing, yachting

83.3

14.2

2.5

87.4

11.3

1.2

Skateboarding

55.1

31.0

13.9

74.6

22.0

3.5

Skiing

80.2

17.3

2.5

81.5

16.5

1.9

Snowboarding

82.6

14.8

2.6

89.7

9.0

1.2

Softball

54.0

39.4

6.6

55.8

38.1

6.1

Surfing (not bodyboarding)**

80.6

16.0

3.5

83.5

14.8

1.7

Swimming

16.4

52.2

31.4

12.9

53.9

33.2

Table tennis

48.9

38.9

12.2

61.3

32.2

6.5

Tennis

60.2

30.8

9.0

61.1

31.8

7.1

Touch**

33.1

43.2

23.7

51.3

37.7

11.0

Tramping, bush walks

48.3

43.6

8.1

49.9

43.8

6.3

Tri(athlon), duathlon**

85.5

12.9

1.6

88.4

10.9

0.7

Volleyball, Kiwi Volley

64.9

28.1

7.0

59.8

30.9

9.3

Walking for fitness**

46.3

33.5

20.1

19.1

44.7

36.1

Water polo, Flippa Ball

84.5

11.3

4.2

86.2

10.7

3.1

Games

17.1

40.5

42.5

14.9

46.2

38.9

* Done regularly was defined as 1 or more times a week. ** Indicates an activity listed in the Years 7 to 13 survey forms and not in the Years 1 to 6 survey forms – see Reader Notes 1 and 2, Appendix 5.

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PARTICIPATION

How often young people take part in sports / activities “this year” by New Zealand European boys and girls As students could identify with more than one ethnic group these figures should be compared only with the totals for all boys and all girls

Sports and recreation activities Adventure racing** Athletics, track and field Badminton** Basketball Bodyboarding Canoeing, kayaking** Cricket Cycling, biking (not mountain biking)

NZ EUROPEAN BOYS Done Done a regularly few times Not done this year* a year this year % % % 79.7 18.6 1.7 25.1 50.9 24.0 50.4 44.0 5.6 37.8 48.0 14.2 58.6 38.3 3.1 46.1 51.8 2.2 51.9 37.7 10.4 25.2 44.4 30.4

NZ EUROPEAN GIRLS Done Done a regularly few times Not done this year* a year this year % % % 86.1 12.4 1.4 25.1 51.4 23.5 51.1 41.3 7.6 50.6 42.2 7.2 60.7 36.4 2.8 47.2 51.4 1.5 64.7 32.4 3.0 24.7 54.0 21.3

Dance (e.g. ballet, b-boy, b-girl)

73.8

17.1

9.1

33.3

32.0

34.7

Fishing Football, soccer, futsal Golf** Gymnastics, trampoline, aerobics Hockey Indoor climbing** Mäori activities (e.g. kapa haka) Martial arts (e.g. karate, judo) Mountain biking** Netball Orienteering** Pacific activities (e.g. kilikiti, soke) Rowing** Rugby Rugby league** Running, jogging, cross-country Sailing, yachting Skateboarding Skiing Snowboarding Softball Surfing (not bodyboarding)** Swimming Table tennis Tennis Touch** Tramping, bush walks Tri(athlon), duathlon** Volleyball, Kiwi Volley Walking for fitness** Water polo, Flippa Ball Games

43.4 21.5 68.2 50.8 64.8 58.3 77.1 75.1 58.4 73.5 72.5 94.0 80.4 30.8 53.7 19.6 77.7 51.8 75.6 79.6 56.1 73.1 12.9 47.8 55.4 36.3 39.6 82.8 68.2 50.2 84.6 16.5

49.7 40.2 28.8 32.9 26.1 39.9 17.0 14.0 33.2 24.5 25.9 4.5 17.4 41.2 33.7 54.2 19.0 33.4 21.4 17.5 39.0 22.2 53.7 42.3 34.1 46.5 53.4 15.9 27.6 34.3 10.6 40.7

6.9 38.3 3.0 16.2 9.1 1.8 6.0 10.9 8.3 2.0 1.6 1.5 2.1 28.0 12.6 26.2 3.3 14.8 3.0 2.8 4.9 4.7 33.4 9.9 10.4 17.2 7.1 1.3 4.2 15.6 4.8 42.8

64.2 39.2 81.7 38.3 66.4 63.2 73.3 87.0 78.6 39.9 76.4 94.9 84.9 61.2 80.1 15.4 83.8 72.1 77.3 89.2 57.1 78.6 8.0 60.8 58.1 54.3 40.7 86.3 64.8 17.0 86.1 13.6

33.6 46.6 17.2 37.9 24.7 35.0 16.9 8.2 19.2 31.3 22.0 3.6 13.0 34.3 16.7 60.4 14.8 24.2 20.4 9.8 38.6 19.3 55.5 33.9 34.6 38.6 52.7 12.9 29.8 45.5 10.4 46.2

2.2 14.1 1.0 23.8 8.9 1.9 9.8 4.8 2.1 28.8 1.6 1.5 2.0 4.5 3.2 24.1 1.5 3.7 2.2 1.1 4.3 2.1 36.5 5.3 7.3 7.1 6.7 0.8 5.4 37.5 3.5 40.2

* Done regularly was defined as one or more times a week. ** Indicates an activity listed in the Years 7 to 13 survey forms and not in the Years 1 to 6 survey forms – see Reader Notes 1 and 2, Appendix 5.

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PARTICIPATION

How often young people take part in sports / activities “this year” by Màori boys and girls As students could identify with more than one ethnic group these figures should be compared only with the totals for all boys and all girls

Sports and recreation activities Adventure racing** Athletics, track and field Badminton** Basketball Bodyboarding Canoeing, kayaking** Cricket Cycling, biking (not mountain biking) Dance (e.g. ballet, b-boy, b-girl) Fishing Football, soccer, futsal Golf** Gymnastics, trampoline, aerobics Hockey Indoor climbing** Mäori activities (e.g. kapa haka) Martial arts (e.g. karate, judo) Mountain biking** Netball Orienteering** Pacific activities (e.g. kilikiti, soke) Rowing** Rugby Rugby league** Running, jogging, cross-country Sailing, yachting Skateboarding Skiing Snowboarding Softball Surfing (not bodyboarding)** Swimming Table tennis Tennis Touch** Tramping, bush walks Tri(athlon), duathlon** Volleyball, Kiwi Volley Walking for fitness** Water polo, Flippa Ball Games

MÀORI BOYS Done Done a regularly few times Not done this year* a year this year % % % 80.0 17.7 2.2 26.7 46.2 27.1 48.7 44.2 7.1 34.6 47.1 18.4 70.8 26.6 2.7 61.9 36.8 1.3 53.6 39.3 7.1 25.5 45.7 28.8 57.9 25.2 16.9 45.5 46.5 8.0 24.6 52.1 23.3 70.8 27.0 2.2 50.0 29.3 20.7 68.6 23.1 8.2 69.8 27.0 3.2 55.5 29.4 15.1 74.2 13.7 12.1 68.1 24.6 7.3 73.1 23.6 3.4 79.5 18.9 1.6 86.8 9.9 3.2 79.2 17.4 3.4 18.7 37.2 44.1 34.0 35.8 30.2 20.2 55.7 24.1 88.0 9.5 2.4 38.6 40.3 21.1 85.9 11.6 2.5 80.8 15.0 4.2 46.1 44.7 9.2 84.1 12.8 3.1 13.2 54.4 32.4 49.9 35.8 14.2 68.6 24.5 6.9 21.9 42.2 35.9 49.5 39.8 10.7 84.7 13.7 1.6 65.6 27.5 6.9 48.8 31.5 19.7 84.6 11.4 4.0 15.2 37.0 47.8

MÀORI GIRLS Done Done a regularly few times Not done this year* a year this year % % % 81.6 17.5 0.9 26.5 44.8 28.7 43.8 47.9 8.3 44.5 46.9 8.6 73.6 25.0 1.4 59.5 38.4 2.1 65.5 30.7 3.8 32.2 47.9 19.9 33.7 35.4 30.9 65.5 31.1 3.4 41.2 49.6 9.2 84.4 14.7 1.0 38.6 39.6 21.9 71.1 22.5 6.4 71.2 27.2 1.6 43.9 28.6 27.4 80.8 12.3 6.9 85.6 11.0 3.4 35.4 33.6 31.0 76.0 22.4 1.7 86.5 9.8 3.7 83.4 14.4 2.2 54.5 35.2 10.2 61.8 32.0 6.2 21.5 55.1 23.4 90.2 8.5 1.3 65.5 30.5 4.0 88.2 10.5 1.3 85.8 11.9 2.3 47.7 43.3 8.9 81.0 16.3 2.7 13.6 53.6 32.8 64.4 27.9 7.7 68.2 27.2 4.7 33.4 49.1 17.5 55.8 38.6 5.6 86.6 12.1 1.3 58.7 31.2 10.1 20.9 41.0 38.2 85.6 12.3 2.1 12.6 39.8 47.6

* Done regularly was defined as one or more times a week. ** Indicates an activity listed in the Years 7 to 13 survey forms and not in the Years 1 to 6 survey forms – see Reader Notes 1 and 2, Appendix 5.

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PARTICIPATION

How often young people take part in sports / activities “this year” by Pacific boys and girls As students could identify with more than one ethnic group these figures should be compared only with the totals for all boys and all girls

Sports and recreation activities Adventure racing** Athletics, track and field Badminton** Basketball Bodyboarding Canoeing, kayaking** Cricket Cycling, biking (not mountain biking) Dance (e.g. ballet, b-boy, b-girl) Fishing Football, soccer, futsal Golf** Gymnastics, trampoline, aerobics Hockey Indoor climbing** Mäori activities (e.g. kapa haka) Martial arts (e.g. karate, judo) Mountain biking** Netball Orienteering** Pacific activities (e.g. kilikiti, soke) Rowing** Rugby Rugby league** Running, jogging, cross-country Sailing, yachting Skateboarding Skiing Snowboarding Softball Surfing (not bodyboarding)** Swimming Table tennis Tennis Touch** Tramping, bush walks Tri(athlon), duathlon** Volleyball, Kiwi Volley Walking for fitness** Water polo, Flippa Ball Games

PACIFIC BOYS Done Done a regularly few times Not done this year* a year this year % % % 74.8 21.3 3.8 23.6 53.4 23.0 46.8 42.9 10.3 32.8 47.3 19.9 82.3 15.2 2.5 69.3 28.5 2.2 45.7 43.2 11.1 40.2 40.3 19.6 52.8 31.7 15.6 66.1 28.0 5.9 25.4 48.2 26.4 80.1 17.9 2.0 54.4 28.3 17.3 66.8 24.9 8.3 74.4 23.8 1.8 67.4 21.1 11.5 71.5 16.3 12.3 76.8 20.8 2.4 67.7 26.4 5.9 76.2 20.8 3.0 58.8 27.5 13.6 82.3 16.5 1.2 14.0 33.0 53.0 22.1 28.8 49.2 26.5 46.9 26.7 90.6 7.2 2.2 52.9 31.7 15.4 88.6 8.9 2.5 86.8 9.5 3.7 41.1 46.4 12.5 88.7 9.4 1.9 18.0 53.5 28.5 51.4 34.0 14.5 66.1 24.9 9.0 14.1 34.7 51.2 55.6 35.2 9.2 86.4 10.3 3.3 48.6 33.9 17.5 33.9 37.8 28.2 80.6 15.2 4.2 16.7 39.9 43.4

PACIFIC GIRLS Done Done a regularly few times Not done this year* a year this year % % % 72.6 24.0 3.4 23.1 51.5 25.4 44.0 42.6 13.4 42.6 42.7 14.7 85.0 13.3 1.7 72.9 25.7 1.4 55.2 37.8 7.0 44.3 37.5 18.2 36.6 35.2 28.2 75.4 21.0 3.5 41.6 44.1 14.3 86.8 11.3 1.8 45.7 35.7 18.6 70.4 23.2 6.3 75.3 21.9 2.7 64.1 21.7 14.2 81.2 13.5 5.3 86.5 11.2 2.4 32.0 33.4 34.6 79.4 17.4 3.2 59.5 24.4 16.1 85.5 13.1 1.4 44.6 38.4 17.0 51.7 36.1 12.2 22.6 52.7 24.7 91.3 7.6 1.1 72.0 23.7 4.3 90.0 8.2 1.8 92.0 6.3 1.8 45.3 44.4 10.4 89.1 10.0 0.9 17.7 50.4 31.9 59.8 30.9 9.3 65.5 27.9 6.6 24.3 48.0 27.8 61.7 30.8 7.5 88.0 11.3 0.7 40.0 37.9 22.1 19.5 43.9 36.6 82.8 12.9 4.2 12.0 43.2 44.8

* Done regularly was defined as one or more times a week. ** Indicates an activity listed in the Years 7 to 13 survey forms and not in the Years 1 to 6 survey forms – see Reader Notes 1 and 2, Appendix 5.

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How often young people take part in sports / activities “this year” by Asian boys and girls As students could identify with more than one ethnic group these figures should be compared only with the totals for all boys and all girls

Sports and recreation activities Adventure racing** Athletics, track and field Badminton** Basketball Bodyboarding Canoeing, kayaking** Cricket Cycling, biking (not mountain biking) Dance (e.g. ballet, b-boy, b-girl) Fishing Football, soccer, futsal Golf** Gymnastics, trampoline, aerobics Hockey Indoor climbing** Mäori activities (e.g. kapa haka) Martial arts (e.g. karate, judo) Mountain biking** Netball Orienteering** Pacific activities (e.g. kilikiti, soke) Rowing** Rugby Rugby league** Running, jogging, cross-country Sailing, yachting Skateboarding Skiing Snowboarding Softball Surfing (not boadyboarding)** Swimming Table tennis Tennis Touch** Tramping, bush walks Tri(athlon), duathlon** Volleyball, Kiwi Volley Walking for fitness** Water polo, Flippa Ball Games

ASIAN BOYS Done Done a regularly few times Not done this year* a year this year % % % 85.5 12.1 2.4 23.7 56.2 20.1 37.7 44.0 18.3 31.2 50.1 18.7 83.8 15.6 0.5 72.1 27.2 0.7 56.1 36.0 8.0 33.8 45.5 20.8 64.4 24.4 11.2 72.3 25.0 2.7 23.3 48.8 27.9 75.8 21.0 3.3 56.5 32.0 11.5 67.4 25.6 7.0 72.7 24.8 2.5 84.6 12.2 3.2 73.7 12.0 14.3 82.5 13.7 3.8 75.6 22.8 1.7 78.6 19.5 1.8 93.0 4.9 2.1 87.3 11.4 1.4 44.5 43.5 12.0 66.6 23.6 9.7 18.8 58.0 23.2 88.6 9.9 1.5 72.9 20.6 6.5 82.2 16.3 1.4 86.9 12.0 1.1 57.8 38.3 3.9 91.0 7.8 1.3 21.0 49.0 30.0 50.4 36.4 13.2 64.1 28.7 7.2 41.6 43.8 14.6 60.4 32.9 6.7 90.6 8.7 0.7 70.7 25.1 4.2 41.2 32.2 26.6 88.0 9.2 2.8 17.4 40.4 42.2

ASIAN GIRLS Done Done a regularly few times Not done this year* a year this year % % % 88.1 11.6 0.3 27.2 52.9 19.9 34.0 50.0 16.1 49.8 42.1 8.1 87.4 11.4 1.2 77.0 21.5 1.4 66.4 29.8 3.9 36.9 46.9 16.3 39.3 33.8 27.0 841.9 16.3 1.8 46.2 42.5 11.3 85.0 13.8 1.2 51.9 34.6 13.6 69.2 25.4 5.4 78.1 19.7 2.2 79.5 15.5 5.0 85.5 9.2 5.3 91.6 7.5 0.8 47.8 34.5 17.7 83.8 14.9 1.3 92.3 6.3 1.4 93.4 6.3 0.3 66.0 30.3 3.8 85.2 13.1 1.7 19.7 57.0 23.3 92.1 7.1 0.8 83.3 14.6 2.1 84.9 14.2 0.9 91.1 8.0 0.9 60.3 34.6 5.2 92.9 6.6 0.6 17.0 53.6 29.4 64.2 29.9 5.9 64.1 29.3 6.6 68.0 27.7 4.2 56.4 39.0 4.6 94.4 5.1 0.4 63.9 29.2 6.9 19.0 44.1 36.9 89.3 9.0 1.7 18.9 44.9 36.1

* Done regularly was defined as one or more times a week. ** Indicates an activity listed in the Years 7 to 13 survey forms and not in the Years 1 to 6 survey forms – see Reader Notes 1 and 2, Appendix 5.

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Number of Sport and Recreation Activities Gender and Year Level The charts in this section show results by the four yearlevel survey forms students completed. Only a small percentage of young people (less than 1%) said they had not taken part in any sport and recreation activities in the “last year”. For those young people taking part, depending on their gender and age (as indicated here by year level), the average number of sports / activities they took part in varied from around 8 to 17 activities.

Boys took part in more sports / activities than girls in all four year levels: t Averages for boys ranged from 9.4 to 17.5 sports / activities (for Years 1-2 and Years 7-10, respectively) t Averages for girls ranged from 8.3 to 16.9 sports / activities (for Years 1-2 and Years 7-10, respectively).

Number of sports / activities participated in “this year” by gender and year level

BOYS YEARS 1-2 0.0%

BOYS YEARS 3-6 8.3%

9.7%

23.7%

28.2%

34.6%

61.6%

32.8%

0.6%

0.5%

21 or more activities

16-20 activities

11-15 activities

1-10 activities

No activities Average

9.4 activities

21 or more activities

16-20 activities

11-15 activities

1-10 activities

No activities Average

13.1 activities

GIRLS YEARS 1-2 0.0%

GIRLS YEARS 3-6 7.3%

5.2%

22.8%

20.3%

34.0%

73.9%

35.3%

0.5%

0.6%

21 or more activities

16-20 activities

11-15 activities

1-10 activities

No activities Average

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8.3 activities

21 or more activities

16-20 activities

11-15 activities

1-10 activities

No activities Average

12.7 activities

PARTICIPATION



Key point:

POINTS TO NOTE:

Over one-third of boys (34.9%) and over onequarter of girls (28.9%) in Years 7-10 said that they had taken part in 21 or more activities “this year”. This proportion was higher than that for the other three year levels.

The year levels of the four survey forms align, for the most part, with the years students are in at school and so their age. Years 1-2 students are mostly 5 to 6-year-olds, Years 3-6 students are mostly 7 to 10-year-olds, Years 7-10 are mostly 11 to 14-yearolds, and Years 11-13 are mostly 15 to 18-year-olds.



Reader Note 1, Appendix 5 explains the reason for presentation of results by year level.

Key point: For girls and boys in three of the four year levels the pattern of participation is similar (i.e. the proportions in each of the five activity categories are similar). The exception is young people in Years 1-2, where more girls (73.9%) than boys (61.6%) took part in 1-10 activities and fewer took part in 11-15 activities (20.3% for girls and 28.2% for boys).

Readers should note that a smaller number of sports / activities were in the list in the Years 1-6 survey           sports / activities reported by young people. Averages shown are calculated for those who did one or more sports / activities.              exclude participation in games / play activities.

BOYS YEARS 7-10 34.9%

BOYS YEARS 11-13 17.8%

23.9%

21.9%

21.4%

25.9%

19.7%

32.4%

0.1%

2.0%

21 or more activities

16-20 activities

11-15 activities

1-10 activities

No activities Average

17.5 activities

21 or more activities

16-20 activities

11-15 activities

1-10 activities

No activities Average

14.1 activities

GIRLS YEARS 7-10 28.9%

GIRLS YEARS 11-13 12.9%

28.0%

22.1%

25.7%

27.0%

16.9%

36.1%

0.4%

1.8%

21 or more activities

16-20 activities

11-15 activities

1-10 activities

No activities Average

16.9 activities

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21 or more activities

16-20 activities

11-15 activities

1-10 activities

No activities Average

13.1 activities

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Sport and Recreation Activities 9 Done This Year Gender and Age This section reports on sports / activities done at least once “this year”, and provides a measure of overall participation. Participation is shown for three different age groups; 5-10 year-olds, 11-14 year-olds, and 15-18 year-olds.

5 TO 10-YEAR-OLDS

Almost all young people had participated in one or more sport and recreation activity at least once “this year”. Less than 1% of young people said they hadn’t done any sport or recreation activities.

t Cycling / biking is ranked 4th for boys and 3rd for girls



t Swimming and athletics are the sports / activities most boys and girls in the youngest age group take part in (these are the top two activities and share the same ranking for both boys and girls)

t Cross-country is also in the top five for boys (ranked 5th) and girls (ranked 4th) t Football makes up the top five for boys, while gymnastics completes the top five for girls

Key point: Swimming is one of the top activities for boys and girls of all ages, ranking first, second or third in all the top 20s of activities that young people have participated in at least once.

t Seven sports / activities are in the top 10 for boys and girls (although not always in the same order): swimming, athletics, cycling / biking, football, cross-country, gymnastics and tramping t Four activities are not in both top 20s. Martial arts and hockey are in the boys’ top 20 but not in the girls’ and netball and volleyball / Kiwi volley are in girls’ top 20 but not in the boys’

POINTS TO NOTE: The survey forms asked about participation in sport and recreation activities “this year”. Forms were completed in August / September and so the responses include participation in both summer and winter sports / activities. The survey took place just before the 2011 Rugby World Cup and this may have influenced young people’s participation in rugby. Participation could have been in any setting – at home, at school or somewhere else.

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Survey forms included two questions about participation. The first question included a list of sports and activities (28 sports / activities in the Years 1 to 6 forms and 41 in the Years 7 to 13 forms). The second question asked students (parents / caregivers) to write in “other sports and active things” done “this year”. The top 20 activities that young people had taken part in at least once “this year” are shown here. Appendix 4 (A4.1) lists the participation rates for all the sports / activities asked about / mentioned.

This section is entitled Participation in Sport and Recreation Activities in the national report Sport and Recreation in the Lives of Young New Zealanders

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Top 20 sport and recreation activities participated in at least once “this year” by 5 to 10-year-olds BOYS 5-10 YEARS Rank 1

GIRLS 5-10 YEARS

Activities

%

Number participating

Activities

%

Number participating

Swimming

85.0

50,000

Swimming

89.5

50,000

2

Athletics (run, jump, throw)

75.8

45,000

Athletics (run, jump, throw)

79.5

45,000

3

Football, soccer, futsal

72.2

43,000

Cycling, biking

75.2

42,000

4

Cycling, biking

71.6

42,000

Cross-country

69.5

39,000

68.3

39,000

5

Cross-country

66.5

39,000

Gymnastics, trampoline, aerobics

6

Rugby, Rippa Rugby

63.4

37,000

Dance (e.g. ballet, b-boy, b-girl)

63.0

36,000

7

Gymnastics, trampoline, aerobics

58.6

35,000

Tramping, bush walks

47.8

27,000

8

Tramping, bush walks

52.4

31,000

Netball

46.0

26,000

9

Skateboarding

48.4

29,000

Football, soccer, futsal

45.9

26,000

10

Basketball, mini-ball

45.6

27,000

Softball, T-ball

38.3

22,000

11

Softball, T-ball

42.3

25,000

Rugby, Rippa Rugby

36.9

21,000

12

Cricket

41.5

24,000

Basketball, mini-ball

33.3

19,000

13

Fishing

38.4

23,000

Mäori activities (e.g. kapa haka)

32.5

18,000

14

Dance

33.8

20,000

Cricket

30.5

17,000

15

Table tennis

32.9

19,000

Tennis, Grasshoppers

28.9

16,000

16

Tennis, Grasshoppers

29.7

18,000

Table tennis

28.7

16,000

17

Mäori activities (e.g. kapa haka)

28.8

17,000

Skateboarding

25.6

14,000

18

Bodyboarding

24.5

14,000

Fishing

25.1

14,000

19

Martial arts (e.g. karate, judo)

23.9

14,000

Volleyball, Kiwi volley

24.1

14,000

20

Hockey

23.4

14,000

Bodyboarding

23.4

13,000

Athletics includes run, jump, throw, which is a foundation programme of Athletics New Zealand and was used in the survey forms to help describe athletics to younger students.

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Top 20 sport and recreation activities participated in at least once “this year” by 11 to 14-year-olds BOYS 11-14 YEARS %

Number participating

Running, jogging, cross-country

82.4

35,000

Running, jogging, cross-country

Rank 1

GIRLS 11-14 YEARS

Activities

Activities

%

Number participating

86.1

35,000

2

Swimming

78.4

33,000

Swimming

81.4

33,000

3

Football, soccer, futsal

76.1

32,000

Walking for fitness*

75.8

31,000

4

Rugby

72.8

30,000

Netball

73.9

30,000

5

Basketball

72.6

30,000

Football, soccer, futsal

70.9

29,000

6

Touch*

68.2

29,000

Basketball

66.5

27,000

7

Athletics, track and field

65.1

27,000

Athletics, track and field

66.3

27,000

8

Cycling, biking (not mountain biking)

62.4

26,000

Cycling, biking (not mountain biking)

60.1

24,000

9

Table tennis

62.2

26,000

Dance (e.g. ballet, b-boy, b-girl)

58.2

24,000

10

Softball, T-ball

54.6

23,000

Softball, T-ball

55.5

22,000

11

Cricket

53.4

22,000

Touch*

55.2

22,000

12

Walking for fitness*

52.1

22,000

Badminton*

53.3

22,000

13

Badminton*

50.3

21,000

Volleyball, Kiwi volley

53.1

21,000

14

Rugby league*

49.4

21,000

Rugby

48.5

20,000

15

Fishing

48.2

20,000

Gymnastics, trampoline, aerobics

47.7

19,000

16

Hockey

46.6

20,000

Tramping, bush walks

47.2

19,000

17

Tennis

46.1

19,000

Table tennis

47.1

19,000

18

Tramping, bush walks

45.3

19,000

Tennis

46.4

19,000

19

Canoeing, kayaking*

44.4

19,000

Hockey

46.0

19,000

20

Volleyball, Kiwi volley

43.3

18,000

Cricket

44.1

18,000

* Indicates an activity listed in the Years 7 to 13 survey forms and not in the Years 1 to 6 survey forms – see Reader Notes 1 and 2, Appendix 5.

11 TO 14-YEAR-OLDS t Running / jogging / cross-country and swimming are the two activities most boys and girls in this age group take part in t Football, rugby and basketball complete the top five for boys. Walking, netball and football complete the top five for girls t Seven sports / activities are in the top 10 for boys and girls (although not always in the same order); running / jogging / cross-country, swimming, football, basketball, cycling / biking, athletics and softball t Sports / activities in the boys’ top 20 but not in the girls’ include; fishing, canoeing / kayaking, and rugby league. Sports / activities in girls’ top 20 but not in the boys’ include: netball, dance and gymnastics

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Top 20 sport and recreation activities participated in at least once “this year” by 15 to 18-year-olds BOYS 15-18 YEARS Rank 1

Activities Running, jogging, cross-country

GIRLS 15-18 YEARS

%

Number participating

72.7

22,000

Activities Running, jogging, cross-country

%

Number participating

80.5

24,000

2

Swimming

66.6

20,000

Walking for fitness*

77.4

23,000

3

Football, soccer, futsal

64.7

20,000

Swimming

75.3

22,000

4

Basketball

63.5

19,000

Athletics, track and field

56.2

17,000

5

Rugby

60.4

18,000

Dance (e.g. ballet, b-boy, b-girl)

56.1

17,000

6

Athletics, track and field

58.8

18,000

Netball

52.6

16,000

7

Touch*

55.1

17,000

Football, soccer, futsal

51.3

15,000

8

Table tennis

53.4

16,000

Basketball

48.3

14,000

9

Cycling, biking (not mountain biking)

49.5

15,000

Badminton*

48.2

14,000

10

Walking for fitness*

46.4

14,000

Cycling / biking (not mountain biking)

46.6

14,000

11

Badminton*

46.4

14,000

Tramping, bush walks

44.0

13,000

12

Rugby league*

40.6

12,000

Volleyball, Kiwi volley

41.9

12,000

13

Fishing

39.9

12,000

Tennis

36.5

11,000

14

Tramping, bush walks

39.6

12,000

Table tennis

35.2

10,000

15

Volleyball, Kiwi volley

37.4

11,000

Touch*

34.8

10,000

16

Tennis

35.5

11,000

Canoeing, kayaking*

34.7

10,000

17

Canoeing, kayaking*

34.3

10,000

Gymnastics, trampoline, aerobics

30.9

9,000

18

Cricket

32.2

10,000

Rugby

29.4

9,000

19

Bodyboarding

26.5

8,000

Bodyboarding

27.8

8,000

20

Skateboarding

26.0

8,000

Softball

27.2

8,000

* Indicates an activity listed in the Years 7 to 13 survey forms and not in the Years 1 to 6 survey forms – see Reader Note 2, Appendix 5.

15 TO 18-YEAR-OLDS t Running / jogging / cross-country is the activity most boys and girls in this age group take part in t Swimming is in the top five for 15 to 18-year-old boys (ranked 2nd) and girls (ranked 3rd) t Football, basketball and rugby make up the top five sports / activities for boys, while walking, athletics and dance complete the top five for girls t Seven sports / activities are in the top 10 for boys and girls (although not always in the same order); running / jogging / cross-country, swimming, football, athletics, cycling, basketball and walking t Sports / activities that are in the boys’ top 20 but not in the girls’ include; rugby league, fishing, cricket and skateboarding. Sports / activities in the girls’ top 20 but not in the boys’ include: dance, netball, gymnastics and softball

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Gender and Ethnicity

BOYS compared with all boys:

t Most of the sports / activities in the top 20s for young people from different ethnic backgrounds are the same, although the ranking order of sports / activities varies t The top 20s for boys of New Zealand European ethnicity are the same as those for all boys, although the ranking order varies. For example, cycling / biking is more popular with boys of New Zealand European ethnicity than with boys overall t The top 20s for girls of New Zealand European ethnicity are also the same as those for all girls, although the ranking order varies. The exceptions are bodyboarding and indoor climbing which are in the top 20s for New Zealand European girls but not for girls overall t For boys and girls in the other three main ethnic groups the top 20s are different



Key point:

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Skateboarding, rugby league, Mäori sports / activities (e.g. kapa haka, waka ama, ki-o-rahi, mau ràkau, taiaha) and dance are more popular with Mäori boys

ƒ

Rugby league, volleyball, dance and Pacific activities (e.g. kilikiti, soke, ura pau, tame, meke) are more popular with Pacific boys

ƒ

Dance is more popular with Asian boys.

GIRLS compared with all girls: ƒ

Rugby league and Mäori sports / activities are more popular with Mäori girls

ƒ

Rugby league and Pacific activities are more popular with Pacific girls

ƒ

Hockey is more popular with Asian girls.



Touch is more popular with both Pacific boys (ranked 2nd) and girls (ranked 5th), and with Mäori boys (ranked 4th) and girls (ranked 6th), than with boys and girls overall (ranked 7th and 13 th, respectively).

Key point: Rugby is more popular with Mäori (ranked 2nd) and Pacific boys (ranked 1st) than with boys overall (ranked 5th).

POINT TO NOTE: Students were able to identify with more than one ethnic group (e.g. Mäori and Pacific), and so the figures for each ethnic group should be compared only with the totals, which are shown on the first table (e.g. results for Pacific boys can be compared with those for all boys, but not with boys in other ethnic groups).

Top 20 sport and recreation activities participated in at least once “this year” by boys and girls ALL BOYS Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Activities Swimming Running, jogging, cross-country Football, soccer, futsal Athletics, track and field Rugby, Rippa Rugby Cycling, biking (not mountain biking) Touch* Basketball, mini-ball Walking for fitness* Badminton* Tramping, bush walks Table tennis Rugby league* Cricket Gymnastics, trampoline, aerobics Softball, T-ball Fishing Skateboarding Canoeing, kayaking* Tennis

ALL GIRLS % 78.6 72.9 71.7 68.4 65.7 63.4 62.3 58.4 49.3 48.4 47.1 46.9 45.3 43.0 42.4 41.9 41.8 41.4 39.8 36.2

Activities Swimming Running, jogging, cross-country Walking for fitness* Athletics, track and field Cycling, biking (not mountain biking) Dance (e.g. ballet, b-boy, b-girl) Netball Football, soccer, futsal Gymnastics, trampoline, aerobics Badminton* Basketball, mini-ball Tramping, bush walks Touch* Softball, T-ball Rugby, Rippa Rugby Canoeing, kayaking* Volleyball, Kiwi volley Tennis Table tennis Cricket

% 83.4 77.3 76.4 69.7 63.6 59.8 56.4 55.1 52.9 51.0 47.4 46.6 46.0 41.2 38.9 38.6 37.6 36.2 36.1 34.0

Athletics includes run, jump, throw, which is a foundation programme of Athletics New Zealand and was used in the survey forms to help describe athletics to younger students. * Indicates an activity listed in the Years 7 to 13 survey forms and not in the Years 1 to 6 survey forms – see Reader Notes 1 and 2, Appendix 5.

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Top 20 sport and recreation activities participated in at least once “this year” by New Zealand European boys and girls As students could identify with more than one ethnic group these figures should be compared only with the totals for all boys and all girl NZ EUROPEAN BOYS

NZ EUROPEAN GIRLS

Rank

Activities

%

Activities

%

1

Swimming

82.7

Swimming

89.4

2

Running, jogging, cross-country

75.6

Running, jogging, cross-country

81.2

3

Football, soccer, futsal

73.3

Walking for fitness*

79.3

4

Cycling, biking (not mountain biking)

69.9

Cycling, biking (not mountain biking)

71.7

5

Athletics, track and field

69.3

Athletics, track and field

71.1

6

Rugby, Rippa Rugby

64.9

Dance (e.g. ballet, b-boy, b-girl)

63.2

7

Touch*

59.2

Gymnastics, trampoline, aerobics

58.9

8

Basketball, mini-ball

57.5

Football, soccer, futsal

57.1

9

Tramping, bush walks

55.6

Netball

56.7

10

Fishing

52.2

Tramping, bush walks

55.9

11

Canoeing, kayaking*

50.0

Canoeing, kayaking*

50.0

12

Table tennis

48.4

Basketball, mini-ball

46.5 46.3

13

Walking for fitness*

46.2

Badminton*

14

Badminton*

46.0

Touch*

43.4

15

Gymnastics, trampoline, aerobics

45.3

Softball, T-ball

40.2

16

Skateboarding

44.8

Tennis

39.4

17

Cricket

44.0

Table tennis

36.8

18

Rugby league*

42.4

Rugby, Rippa Rugby

36.5

19

Tennis

40.9

Bodyboarding

36.4

20

Softball, T-ball

40.1

Indoor climbing*

34.7

Athletics includes run, jump, throw, which is a foundation programme of Athletics New Zealand and was used in the survey forms to help describe athletics to younger students. * Indicates an activity listed in the Years 7 to 13 survey forms and not in the Years 1 to 6 survey forms – see Reader Notes 1 and 2, Appendix 5.

Top 20 sport and recreation activities participated in at least once “this year” by Màori boys and girls As students could identify with more than one ethnic group these figures should be compared only with the totals for all boys and all girls MÀORI BOYS

MÀORI GIRLS

Rank

Activities

%

Activities

%

1

Swimming

80.2

Swimming

82.6

2

Rugby, Rippa Rugby

74.7

Walking for fitness*

73.3

3

Running, jogging, cross-country

72.9

Running, jogging, cross-co untry

72.5

4

Touch*

69.5

Athletics, track and field

67.1

5

Cycling, biking (not mountain biking)

67.5

Cycling, biking (not mountain biking)

63.0

6

Football, soccer, futsal

66.6

Touch*

62.8

7

Athletics, track and field

64.2

Dance (e.g. ballet, b-boy, b-girl)

60.7

8

Basketball, mini-ball

58.8

Netball

60.0

9

Rugby league*

58.7

Gymnastics, trampoline, aerobics

57.4

10

Skateboarding

56.3

Football, soccer, futsal

53.3

11

Fishing

48.5

Badminton*

52.2

12

Softball, T-ball

48.0

Mäori activities (e.g. kapa haka)

50.5

13

Gymnastics, trampoline, aerobics

45.0

Basketball, mini-ball

50.5

14

Table tennis

44.6

Softball, T-ball

48.0

15

Badminton*

44.5

Rugby, Rippa Rugby

41.7

16

Walking for fitness*

44.1

Tramping, bush walks

40.4 38.1

17

Tramping, bush walks

43.8

Canoeing, kayaking*

18

Cricket

40.3

Volleyball, Kiwi volley

37.7

19

Mäori activities (e.g. kapa haka)

38.8

Rugby league*

35.2

20

Dance (e.g. ballet, b-boy, b-girl)

36.2

Table tennis

32.4

Athletics includes run, jump, throw, which is a foundation programme of Athletics New Zealand and was used in the survey forms to help describe athletics to younger students. * Indicates an activity listed in the Years 7 to 13 survey forms and not in the Years 1 to 6 survey forms – see Reader Notes 1 and 2, Appendix 5.

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Top 20 sport and recreation activities participated in at least once “this year” by Pacific boys and girls As students could identify with more than one ethnic group these figures should be compared only with the totals for all boys and all girls PACIFIC BOYS Rank

Activities

PACIFIC GIRLS %

Activities

%

Swimming

75.8

1

Rugby, Rippa Rugby

79.0

2

Touch*

78.8

Walking for fitness*

72.9

3

Swimming

73.5

Athletics, track and field

70.8

4

Rugby league*

70.2

Running, jogging, cross-country

70.1

5

Athletics, track and field

67.7

Touch*

69.8

6

Football, soccer, futsal

66.9

Netball

61.3

7

Running, jogging, cross-country

65.4

Dance (e.g. ballet, b-boy, b-girl)

56.3 54.1

8

Basketball, mini-ball

58.9

Volleyball, Kiwi volley

9

Walking for fitness*

57.7

Football, soccer, futsal

51.9

10

Softball, T-ball

52.1

Basketball, mini-ball

51.9

11

Cycling, biking (not mountain biking)

51.8

Badminton*

51.2

12

Cricket

47.1

Rugby, Rippa Rugby

50.6 50.2

13

Badminton*

47.1

Cycling, biking (not mountain biking)

14

Volleyball, Kiwi volley

45.0

Softball, T-ball

49.0

15

Table tennis

42.6

Gymnastics, trampoline, aerobics

48.9

16

Skateboarding

41.8

Rugby league*

43.6

17

Dance (e.g. ballet, b-boy, b-girl)

40.9

Cricket

39.8

18

Gymnastics, trampoline, aerobics

38.9

Pacific activities (e.g. kilikiti, soke)

35.9

19

Tramping, bush walks

38.8

Table tennis

35.7

20

Pacific activities (e.g. kilikiti, soke)

35.7

Tramping, bush walks

33.7

Athletics includes run, jump, throw, which is a foundation programme of Athletics New Zealand and was used in the survey forms to help describe athletics to younger students. * Indicates an activity listed in the Years 7 to 13 survey forms and not in the Years 1 to 6 survey forms – see Reader Notes 1 and 2, Appendix 5.

Top 20 sport and recreation activities participated in at least once “this year” by Asian boys and girls As students could identify with more than one ethnic group these figures should be compared only with the totals for all boys and all girls ASIAN BOYS

ASIAN GIRLS

Rank

Activities

%

Activities

%

1

Swimming

75.9

Swimming

80.1

2

Running, jogging, cross-country

75.2

Walking for fitness*

77.6

3

Football, soccer, futsal

72.2

Running, jogging, cross-country

76.9

4

Athletics, track and field

71.5

Athletics, track and field

70.3

5

Basketball, mini-ball

63.7

Badminton*

63.1

6

Cycling, biking (not mountain biking)

62.4

Cycling, biking (not mountain biking)

61.0

7

Badminton*

58.5

Dance (e.g. ballet, b-boy, b-girl)

58.7

8

Touch*

55.6

Football, soccer, futsal

51.6

9

Walking for fitness*

54.9

Netball

49.8

10

Rugby, Rippa Rugby

52.2

Basketball, mini-ball

48.0

11

Table tennis

46.3

Gymnastics, trampoline, aerobics

45.8

12

Cricket

40.8

Tramping, bush walks

41.6

13

Gymnastics, trampoline, aerobics

40.1

Softball, T-ball

38.2

14

Softball, T-ball

39.1

Volleyball, Kiwi volley

34.4

15

Tramping, bush walks

36.8

Tennis

34.4

16

Tennis

33.4

Table tennis

34.1

17

Dance (e.g. ballet, b-boy, b-girl)

32.5

Rugby, Rippa Rugby

32.7

18

Rugby league*

31.1

Cricket

31.9

19

Hockey

29.9

Touch*

30.7

20

Volleyball, Kiwi volley

27.1

Hockey

29.3

Athletics includes run, jump, throw, which is a foundation programme of Athletics New Zealand and was used in the survey forms to help describe athletics to younger students. * Indicates an activity listed in the Years 7 to 13 survey forms and not in the Years 1 to 6 survey forms – see Reader Notes 1 and 2, Appendix 5.

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Participation in Games Gender and Age Young people were asked about participation in active games (like four square and tag). Also included are other mentions of active games or play activities (e.g. hide and seek, piggy in the middle, playing at the playground). This provides some insight into informal activity. Around 8 out of 10 boys (77.4%) and girls (80.2%) had participated in active games / play at least once “this year”. Both boys and girls in the younger age groups, as might be expected, were more likely to play games than those in the oldest age group (15 to 18-year-olds).

Participation in games and play activities “this year” by gender and age 5-10 YEARS Took part in games and play activities – at least once “this year”

11-14 YEARS

15-18 YEARS

Boys %

Girls %

Boys %

Girls %

Boys %

Girls %

83.3

84.5

80.0

85.3

62 .8

65.9

Gender and Ethnicity There were no real differences in participation in games and play activities for young people from different ethnic backgrounds.

Participation in games and play activities “this year” by gender and ethnicity ALL YOUNG PEOPLE Took part in games and play activities – at least once “this year”

NZ EUROPEAN

MÀORI

PACIFIC

ASIAN

Boys %

Girls %

Boys %

Girls %

Boys %

Girls %

Boys %

Girls %

Boys %

Girls %

77.4

80.2

78.8

82.4

78.6

82.4

74.0

80.0

78.1

78.3

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PARTICIPATION

Participation in Events Gender and Age Participation in weekend events “this year” by gender and age

BOYS 29.9%

70.1%

All boys 33.2%

66.8%

33.0%

67.0%

5-10 yrs 11-14 yrs 19.7%

80.3%

Took part in at least one event

Didn’t take part

15-18 yrs

GIRLS 24.3%

75.7%

All girls 27.0%

73.0%

25.8%

74.2%

Around 3 out of 10 boys (29.9%) and 2 out of 10 girls (24.3%) said that they had participated in at least one sport or recreation event “this year”. Participation for both boys and girls decreased with age – to around 2 out of 10 (19.7% for 15 to 18-year-old boys and 17.3% for girls within this age group).

5-10 yrs 11-14 yrs 17.3%

82.7%

15-18 yrs Took part in at least one event

Didn’t take part

POINT TO NOTE: Events were described in the survey forms as: “big weekend events where lots and lots of people have taken part”. Students were asked if they had taken part in five different types of event. Examples were given of different types of events.

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Participation in different types of weekend event “this year” by gender and age 5-10 YEARS Type of event

Boys % 12.3 18.1 10.9 13.8 12.3

Triathlon / duathlon Running / walking Biking Fishing Swimming

11-14 YEARS

Girls % 8.6 14.2 8.2 7.7 13.7

Boys % 11.1 16.1 11.3 12.3 10.3

Boys’ participation was higher than that for girls in four out of the five types of event. Swimming events were the exception, with 5 to 10-year-old girls slightly more likely to say they had participated in these events than boys. Girls aged 15-18 years were also slightly more likely than boys of this age to say they had taken part in running / walking events.



15-18 YEARS

Girls % 7.3 13.2 5.0 5.2 9.7

Boys % 5.0 10.7 5.0 5.7 4.4

Girls % 3.4 11.1 2.5 2.0 3.9

Key point: For girls and boys of all ages, running / walking events were most popular.

Gender and Ethnicity Participation in different types of events “this year” by gender and ethnicity ALL YOUNG PEOPLE

NZ EUROPEAN

MÀORI

PACIFIC

ASIAN

Type of event

Boys %

Girls %

Boys %

Girls %

Boys %

Girls %

Boys %

Girls %

Boys %

Girls %

Triathlon / duathlon

10.2

7.0

12.0

8.6

9.7

6.1

10.8

6.3

4.3

3.0

Running / walking

15.7

13.2

15.2

12.7

18.4

12.3

19.9

16.7

10.8

12.2

Biking

9.7

5.9

10.5

5.5

9.4

6.3

10.8

6.8

4.9

5.7

Fishing

11.4

5.6

13.8

6.1

11.9

8.6

11.7

7.8

4.9

2.3

Swimming

9.8

10.1

9.0

9.1

10.9

10.5

13.8

13.6

7.5

10.1

Took part in at least one event

29.9

24.3

32.3

25.3

30.8

24.0

32.2

27.2

19.2

20.4

Compared with participation by all boys (29.9%), participation in events by boys of New Zealand European (32.3%), Mäori (30.8%) and Pacific (32.3%) ethnicity was at a similar level, while participation by Asian boys was lower (19.2%). The pattern is similar for girls; compared with participation by all girls (24.3%), participation in events by girls of New Zealand European (25.3%), Mäori (24.0%) and Pacific (27.2%) ethnicity was similar, while participation by Asian girls was lower (20.4%).

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Preferences for different types of events vary with ethnicity. For example: t Running / walking events are more popular with Mäori boys (18.4%) than boys overall (15.7%). This is also true for Pacific boys (19.9%) t Swimming events are more popular with Pacific boys (13.8%) than boys overall (9.8%) t Fishing events are more popular with Mäori girls (8.6%), compared with girls overall (5.6%) t Participation in all types of events is lower for Asian boys and girls, compared with all boys and girls, respectively.

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VIEWS ABOUT PLAYING SPORT

Gender and Age Do young Aucklanders like playing sport? The answer for most is “Yes”. Seven out of 10 boys (74.8%) and 6 out of 10 girls (58.6%) said they liked playing sport a lot. Very few young people said they didn’t like playing sport (2.8% of boys and 4.7% of girls). More boys than girls of all ages said they liked playing sport a lot.

As young people grow older, they are less likely to say they like sport a lot; 15 to 18-year-olds, particularly girls in this age group, were least likely to say they liked playing sport a lot. The figures are 47.6% for 15 to 18-year-old girls and 66.2% for boys of this age. While more young people in this age group than in other age groups say they don’t like playing sport, the figures are still minimal (9.2% for girls and 5.1% for boys).

Extent to which young people like playing sport by gender and age

BOYS

74.8%

22.5%

2.8%

All boys 77.5%

20.5%

2.0%

76.9%

20.8%

2.3%

5-10 yrs

11-14 yrs 66.2%

28.7%

5.1%

15-18 yrs Like playing sport a lot

GIRLS

Like playing sport a little

Don’t like playing sport

58.6%

36.7%

4.7%

All girls 63.2%

33.7%

3.1%

5-10 yrs 36.3%

60.3%

3.4%

11-14 yrs 47.6%

43.2%

15-18 yrs Like playing sport a lot

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Like playing sport a little

Don’t like playing sport

9.2%

VIEWS ABOUT PLAYING SPORT

Gender and Ethnicity Views about playing sport vary with young people’s ethnic background. Compared with boys and girls overall: t Pacific young people were more likely to say they liked playing sport a lot (86.4% of Pacific boys said this, compared

with 74.8% of all boys; and 69.0% of Pacific girls said this, compared with 58.6% of all girls) t Asian young people, and particularly girls, were less likely to say they liked playing sport a lot (46.2% of Asian girls said they liked playing sport a lot, compared with 58.6% of all girls; and 66.3% of Asian boys said this, compared with 74.8% of all boys).

Extent to which young people like playing sport by gender and ethnicity

BOYS

74.8%

22.5%

2.8%

All boys 73.3%

23.4%

3.3%

New Zealand European 73.7%

24.8%

1.5%

Ma-ori 86.4%

11.9% 1.7%

Pacific 66.3%

31.4%

2.4%

Asian Like playing sport a lot

GIRLS

Like playing sport a little

Don’t like playing sport

58.6%

36.7%

4.7%

58.9%

36.0%

5.1%

59.5%

34.5%

6.0%

All girls New Zealand European Ma-ori 69.0%

27.1%

3.0%

Pacific 46.2%

48.2%

5.6%

Asian Like playing sport a lot

Like playing sport a little

Don’t like playing sport

POINT TO NOTE: Students were able to identify with more than one ethnic group (e.g. Mäori and Pacific), and so the figures for each ethnic group should be compared only with the totals (e.g. results for Pacific boys can be compared with those for all boys, but not with boys in other ethnic groups).

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HOW YOUNG PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN SPORT AND RECREATION

Participation with Sports Clubs Gender and Age Participation with sports clubs (outside of school) “this year” by gender and age

BOYS 60.0%

40.0%

59.3%

40.7%

All boys

5-10 yrs 67.8%

32.3%

11-14 yrs 50.4%

49.6%

15-18 yrs Belong to sports club

Don’t belong to sports club

GIRLS 45.7%

54.3%

All girls 39.6%

60.4%

When asked if they had belonged to a sports club outside of school “this year”: t 6 out of 10 boys (60.0%) and over 4 out of 10 girls (45.7%) said they had belonged to a sports club t Participation levels were highest for 11 to 14-year-olds; 67.8% of boys in this age group said they belonged to a sports club, as did 55.6% of girls t Participation levels were lowest for 5 to 10-year-old girls (39.6%) and 15 to 18-year-old girls (43.7%), followed by 15 to 18-year-old boys (50.4%).

5-10 yrs 55.6%

44.4%

11-14 yrs 43.7%

56.3%

15-18 yrs Belong to sports club

Don’t belong to sports club

POINTS TO NOTE: The survey forms asked if students had belonged to a sports club outside of school ”this year”. Examples of clubs were included in the survey forms. The examples were netball clubs, rugby clubs and tramping clubs to indicate that the question was about sport and active recreation clubs.

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HOW YOUNG PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN SPORT AND RECREATION

Gender and Ethnicity Participation with sports clubs (outside of school) “this year” by gender and ethnicity

BOYS 60.0%

40.0%

All boys 67.9%

New Zealand European

32.1%

55.9%

44.1%

Ma-ori 54.8%

45.2%

Pacific 45.7%

54.3%

Asian

Participation with clubs varies with young people’s ethnic backgrounds. Compared with all boys (60%): t Boys of New Zealand European ethnicity were most likely to say they belonged to a sports club (67.9%)

Belong to sports club

Don't belong to sports club

GIRLS 45.7%

54.3%

t Asian boys were least likely to say they belonged to a sports club (45.7%).

The pattern of responses is similar for girls. Compared with all girls (45.7%): t Girls of New Zealand European ethnicity were most likely to say they belonged to a sports club (55.7%)

All girls 55.7%

44.3%

New Zealand European 47.3%

t Asian girls were least likely to say they belonged to a sports club (32.4%).

52.7%

Ma-ori 37.7%

62.3%

Pacific 32.4%

67.6%

Asian Belong to sports club

Don't belong to sports club

POINT TO NOTE: Students were able to identify with more than one ethnic group (e.g. Mäori and Pacific), and so the figures for each ethnic group should be compared only with the totals (e.g. results for Pacific boys can be compared with those for all boys, but not with boys in other ethnic groups).

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Participation with School Sports Teams Gender and Age Participation with sports teams at school “this year” by gender and age

BOYS 47.5%

52.5%

All boys 34.0%

66.0%

5-10 yrs 61.5%

38.5% When asked if they had belonged to a sports team at school “this year”:

11-14 yrs 64.4%

45.6%

15-18 yrs Belong to school team

Don't belong to school team

GIRLS 44.1%

55.9%

All girls 32.3%

67.7%

5-10 yrs 58.7%

41.3%

11-14 yrs 46.4%

53.6%

t 5 out of 10 boys (47.5%) and 4 out of 10 girls (44.1%) said they had belonged to a school sports team t Participation levels were highest for 11 to 14-year-olds and, within this age group, slightly higher for boys; 61.5% of 11 to 14-year-old boys said they belonged to a school sports team, as did 58.7% of girls within this age group t Participation levels were lowest for 5 to 10-year-old boys and girls; around one-third of boys (34.0%) and girls (32.3%) within this age group belonged to a school sports team t For 15 to 18-year-olds, school sports team membership is higher for boys (54.4%) than girls (46.4%). For both boys and girls within this age group, the level of school sports team membership is slightly higher than that for clubs.

15-18 yrs Belong to school team

Don't belong to school team

POINT TO NOTE: The survey forms asked if students had belonged to a sports team at school “this year”. Examples of sports teams included in the survey forms were netball teams and rugby teams.

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Gender and Ethnicity Participation with sports teams at school “this year” by gender and ethnicity

BOYS 47.5%

52.5%

49.6%

50.4%

All boys New Zealand European 40.8%

59.2%

Ma-ori 51.3%

48.7%

Whether or not young people belong to a school sports team varies with their ethnic background.

Pacific 36.8%

63.2%

Asian Belong to school team

Don't belong to school team

GIRLS 44.1%

55.9%

All girls 48.2%

51.8%

New Zealand European

BOYS compared with all boys (47.5%): t Pacific boys were most likely to say they belonged to a school sports team (51.3%), closely followed by boys of New Zealand European ethnicity (49.6%) t Asian boys (36.8%) were least likely to say they belonged to a school sports team.

The pattern of responses is similar for girls. GIRLS compared with all girls (44.1%):

40.2%

59.8%

47.1%

52.9%

Ma-ori

Pacific 33.5%

66.5%

t Girls of New Zealand European (48.2%) and Pacific ethnicity (47.1%) were most likely to say they belonged to a school sports team t Asian girls (33.5%) were least likely to say they belonged to a school sports team.

Asian Belong to school team

Don't belong to school team

POINT TO NOTE: Students were able to identify with more than one ethnic group (e.g. Mäori and Pacific), and so the figures for each ethnic group should be compared only with the totals (e.g. results for Pacific boys can be compared with those for all boys, but not with boys in other ethnic groups).

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Participation with Coaches / Instructors Gender and Age Participation with a coach / instructor “this year” by gender and age

BOYS 72.3%

27.7%

70.0%

30.0%

All boys

5-10 yrs 79.0%

21.0%

11-14 yrs 67.5%

32.5%

15-18 yrs Had a coach / instructor

Didn't have a coach / instructor

When asked if they’d had a coach or instructor this year for any of the sport and recreation activities they took part in: t 7 out of 10 boys (72.3%) and 6 out of 10 girls (64.8%) said they had received some coaching or instruction t Participation levels were highest for 11 to 14-year-olds; 79.0% of boys and 73.5% of girls

GIRLS 64.8%

35.2%

All girls 60.5%

t Participation levels were lowest amongst 15 to 18-year-old girls (61.3%) and 5 to 10-year-old girls (60.5%).

39.5%

5-10 yrs 73.5%

26.5%

11-14 yrs 61.3%

38.7%

15-18 yrs Had a coach / instructor

Didn't have a coach / instructor

POINT TO NOTE: The survey forms asked if students had received coaching or instruction this year for any of the “sports or active things” they did that was not in PE or fitness.

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Gender and Ethnicity Participation with a coach / instructor “this year” by gender and ethnicity

BOYS 72.3%

All boys

27.7%

77.3%

New Zealand European

22.7%

64.5%

Ma-ori

35.5%

71.7%

Pacific

28.3%

60.9%

Asian

Had a coach / instructor

39.1%

Don't have a coach / instructor

GIRLS 64.8%

35.2%

All girls

The extent to which young people receive coaching / instruction varies with young people’s ethnic backgrounds. BOYS compared with all boys (72.3%): t Boys of New Zealand European ethnicity (77.3%) were most likely to say they’d had coaching / instruction, followed by Pacific boys (71.7%) t Asian boys were least likely to say they’d had coaching / instruction (60.9%).

GIRLS compared with all girls (64.8%):

73.8%

26.2.2%

New Zealand European 62.1%

37.9%

t Girls of New Zealand European ethnicity (73.8%) were most likely to say they’d had coaching / instruction t Asian girls (51.4%) were least likely to say they’d had coaching / instruction

Ma-ori 58.6%

41.4%

Pacific 51.4%

48.6%

Asian Had a coach / instructor

t Pacific girls, unlike Pacific boys, did not report one of the higher levels of coaching / instruction. Only 58.6% of Pacific girls said they’d had coaching / instruction compared with 64.8% of girls overall, while the figure for Pacific boys (71.7%) was similar to that for all boys (72.3%).

Don't have a coach / instructor

POINT TO NOTE: Students were able to identify with more than one ethnic group (e.g. Mäori and Pacific), so the figures for each ethnic group should be compared only with the totals (e.g. results for Pacific boys can be compared with those for all boys, but not with boys in other ethnic groups).

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WAYS YOUNG PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN SPORT AND RECREATION

Participation in Different Settings Information about the ways older students (10 to 18-year-olds) participate in sport and recreation is in this section. From a list of 41 activities, young people were asked which sports / activities they had done “this year” in three settings: while “mucking around” with friends, family or on their own, organised by their school outside of class time, and organised by clubs outside of school.

In the three settings – “mucking around”, school, and clubs Participation rates reported by young people vary across the three settings: t Participation rates for almost all sports / activities are generally highest when young people are “mucking around”. Athletics, Mäori activities* and orienteering are three exceptions to this for some age groups. These sports / activities often have higher participation rates in schools t Participation rates for most sports / activities amongst 15 to 18-year-olds are higher in the school setting than with clubs t Sports / activities that have relatively high participation rates in both the school setting and with clubs include: ƒ

For boys: football, rugby, touch and basketball

ƒ

For girls: netball and dance (and football for 10 to 14-year-olds).

* Mäori activities include for example kapa haka, waka ama, ki-orahi, mau räkau and taiaha.

POINTS TO NOTE Results in this section are for students who completed the Years 7 to 10 and Years 11 to 13 survey forms. These questions were not in the Years 1 to 2 and Years 3 to 6 survey forms. The age range of students completing the Years 7 to 13 survey forms was 10 to 18 years, and that the tables and charts in this section refer to 10 to 14-year-olds and not 11 to 14-year-olds, which is the age range used in the earlier sections. Questions about participation in different settings were asked for the list of 41 activities. Students also could report that they did “other kinds of sport and active things” in these settings, but they were not asked what these “other” activities were. Students also could report that they had “not done any of these things”.

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“Mucking around” with friends, family or on their own could include things done during lunchtime at school, at the beach, at home or at a friend’s house. It includes things like shooting hoops or playing cricket in the backyard. Sports / activities organised by schools (not in class time) could include those played with school sports teams, in school competitions or during lunchtimes or after school. The question did not say that sports / activities had to be played at school. For the question about sports / activities organised by clubs outside of school, examples of clubs were given that included tennis clubs, netball clubs and tramping clubs.

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Participation “this year” in sport and recreation while “mucking around” t Almost all young people in this age group (10 to 18-yearolds) had participated in one or more sport and recreation activity while they were “mucking around” with friends, family or on their own. This provides insights into participation in an informal or casual setting

ƒ

Boys 15 to 18 years old – rugby, basketball, football, touch and swimming

ƒ

Girls 10 to 14 years old – basketball, netball, swimming, walking and dance

t Very few young people had not done any sport or recreation activity while “mucking around” (less than 3%)

ƒ

Girls 15 to 18 years old – swimming, walking, dance, running / jogging and basketball

t Sports and activities (excluding games) popular with boys and girls of different ages included: ƒ

t Games were popular in this setting for both boys and girls, particularly 10 to 14-year-old boys and girls.

Boys 10 to 14 years old – basketball, football, rugby, touch and swimming (note: basketball in this setting for all young people may include shooting hoops)

Participation “this year” in sport and recreation organised by schools outside of class time t Over 8 out of 10 boys and girls had participated in one or more sport and recreation activity organised by their school. This included participation in school sports teams, school competitions, and lunchtime or after school activities that the school organised t Participation in this setting was slightly higher for 10 to 14-year-olds than 15 to 18-year-olds; 85.4% of 10 to 14-yearold boys had taken part in one or more activities organised by their school, as had 84.1% of girls in this age group. The figures for 15 to 18-year-old boys and girls are 80.2% and 81.8%, respectively

t Activities in which most young people participated in this setting (excluding games) were: ƒ

Boys 10 to 14 years old – rugby, football, basketball, touch and running / jogging / cross-country

ƒ

Boys 15 to 18 years old – rugby, football, basketball, touch and athletics

ƒ

Girls 10 to 14 years old – netball, running / jogging / cross-country, basketball, football and swimming

ƒ

Girls 15 to 18 years old – netball, athletics, running / jogging / cross-country, dance and basketball.

t Games were a popular activity in this setting, particularly for 10 to 14-year-old boys and girls

Participation “this year” in sport and recreation with clubs outside of school t Participation with clubs varied for boys and girls of different ages t Participation with clubs was highest for 10 to 14-year-olds. Participation was higher for boys than girls in both age groups: ƒ

ƒ

Among 10 to 14-year-olds, 8 out of 10 boys (81.0%) had taken part in one or more sports / activity organised by a club, compared with 7 out of 10 girls (73%)

t Activities in which most young people took part in this setting were: ƒ

Boys 10 to 14 years old – rugby, football, touch, swimming and rugby league

ƒ

Boys 15 to 18 years old – football, rugby, touch, rugby league and basketball

ƒ

Girls 10 to 14 years old – netball, swimming, dance, football and touch

ƒ

Girls 15 to 18 years old – dance, netball, swimming, walking and tennis.

Among 15 to 18-year-olds, 7 out of 10 boys (70.1%) had taken part in one or more sports / activity organised by a club, compared with over 6 out of 10 girls (65.6%).

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Ways young people took part in sport and recreation “this year” – 10 to 14-year-olds

Sports and recreation activities

Adventure racing

Done while “mucking around”* % 14.2

BOYS 10-14 YEARS With a club Organised (outside of by school school) (outside of class time) % % 4.5 4.0

GIRLS 10-14 YEARS With a club Organised Done (outside of by school while school) (outside of “mucking class time) around” % % % 11.2 4.5 3.3

Athletics, track and field

23.7

19.9

8.5

22.6

17.8

7.8

Badminton

32.0

13.7

9.5

33.9

13.1

8.0

Basketball

61.9

33.4

14.6

58.1

25.7

10.4

Bodyboarding

22.9

2.2

3.5

21.5

0.8

1.7

Canoeing, kayaking

20.7

4.2

5.3

21.0

4.2

2.7

Cricket

45.7

21.2

14.3

35.3

11.8

6.7

Cycling, biking (not mountain biking)

37.7

6.6

7.3

35.1

3.4

4.0

Dance (e.g. ballet, b-boy, b-girl)

14.2

6.9

4.5

46.4

21.0

21.1

Fishing

35.9

5.3

8.1

22.4

1.5

3.3

Football, soccer, futsal

60.1

37.3

25.3

45.2

24.7

13.9

Games

60.0

27.0

10.2

67.4

30.9

10.8

Golf

21.8

3.7

6.8

9.3

1.6

2.3

Gymnastics, trampoline, aerobics

14.2

4.7

3.3

28.4

9.6

9.8

Hockey

21.2

17.0

7.5

17.7

17.7

6.9

Indoor climbing

21.3

4.1

5.6

19.8

3.2

4.8

Mäori activities (e.g. kapa haka)

6.5

5.6

3.0

8.6

8.6

3.8

Martial arts (e.g. karate, judo)

14.3

4.2

10.7

8.4

2.7

5.4

Mountain biking

26.6

6.2

8.6

10.3

1.0

2.2

Netball

18.4

14.0

4.4

58.0

44.6

27.9

Orienteering

7.7

10.4

3.6

6.0

9.7

3.0

Pacific activities (e.g. kilikiti, soke)

5.4

3.9

3.0

8.0

4.5

3.4

Rowing

8.9

4.0

4.2

4.3

2.1

1.6

Rugby

59.6

38.5

27.3

35.5

15.0

10.1

Rugby league

45.3

24.1

17.6

19.5

9.1

6.8

Running, jogging, cross-country

36.8

25.1

10.4

43.6

26.1

11.3

Sailing, yachting

9.2

3.5

5.6

6.6

1.6

2.0

Skateboarding

34.2

6.7

7.6

20.5

2.2

3.6

Skiing

15.0

2.5

4.7

12.2

2.4

3.3

Snowboarding

15.9

3.4

5.1

7.2

1.6

1.8

Softball, T-ball

23.0

18.4

8.1

19.9

16.1

7.6

Surfing (not bodyboarding)

12.4

2.4

3.8

9.6

0.9

1.9 22.7

Swimming

47.7

21.7

17.9

56.6

23.2

Table tennis

41.9

14.6

10.1

28.0

8.9

5.5

Tennis

32.3

12.0

14.7

30.4

8.4

12.3

Touch

55.2

31.5

18.4

38.8

18.9

12.9

Tramping, bush walks

20.6

4.7

5.2

25.4

3.7

4.0

6.1

4.8

3.0

3.7

2.7

2.1

Volleyball, Kiwi Volley

22.0

12.4

4.5

30.5

16.5

7.8

Walking for fitness

24.3

10.5

6.9

49.0

12.4

12.5

8.1

7.3

4.6

5.6

4.5

2.6

Other kinds of sport or active things

24.0

15.1

11.6

26.0

17.5

13.1

None of these

0.9

14.6

19.0

2.1

15.9

27.0

At least one of these sports / activities

99.1

85.4

81.0

97.9

84.1

73.0

Tri(athlon), duathlon

Water polo, Flippa Ball

* Includes sports / activities done at lunchtime at school, at the beach, at home or at a friend’s house; examples given were shooting hoops or playing cricket in the backyard.

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Ways young people took part in sport and recreation “this year” – 15 to 18-year-olds

Sports and recreation activities

Adventure racing

Done while “mucking around”* % 7.5

BOYS 15-18 YEARS With a club Organised (outside of by school school) (outside of class time) % % 2.8 1.9

GIRLS 15-18 YEARS With a club Organised Done (outside of by school while school) (outside of “mucking class time) around” % % % 6.0 2.1 1.2

Athletics, track and field

14.7

24.9

6.6

13.6

26.0

4.4

Badminton

23.5

18.8

7.2

29.3

21.9

8.8

Basketball

47.0

31.0

10.1

37.3

23.7

6.3

Bodyboarding

19.2

2.4

1.7

19.0

1.0

1.1

Canoeing, kayaking

15.3

4.5

2.7

18.1

5.0

1.7

Cricket

27.0

14.1

6.4

22.6

7.8

2.8

Cycling, biking (not mountain biking)

22.8

5.9

3.9

23.5

5.1

3.8

Dance (e.g. ballet, b-boy, b-girl)

14.5

9.5

5.3

45.4

23.8

19.2

Fishing

27.5

4.2

5.8

17.5

1.8

3.3

Football, soccer, futsal

46.3

32.6

20.0

32.9

19.7

6.4

Games

39.1

21.0

5.9

43.7

19.7

5.4

Golf

15.3

4.4

6.1

8.9

2.6

1.4

Gymnastics, trampoline, aerobics

9.5

4.4

2.2

15.9

6.9

4.4

Hockey

11.0

10.3

4.0

7.9

12.0

2.5

Indoor climbing

10.6

4.9

3.1

10.8

3.7

2.2

Mäori activities (e.g. kapa haka)

4.4

5.0

2.8

4.2

5.9

3.3

Martial arts (e.g. karate, judo)

12.7

5.1

9.1

5.3

1.4

3.6

Mountain biking

16.7

4.9

4.6

9.8

2.6

2.1

Netball

8.9

8.3

3.3

36.0

31.9

15.1

Orienteering

4.2

3.8

1.8

3.8

4.8

2.3

Pacific activities (e.g. kilikiti, soke)

6.2

5.6

3.6

6.0

6.0

3.5

Rowing

5.2

3.9

2.7

4.5

4.5

3.2

Rugby

50.0

36.1

15.8

21.3

10.6

5.0

Rugby league

36.1

21.4

12.8

11.0

5.7

3.5

Running, jogging, cross-country

30.9

22.6

9.2

41.9

25.9

7.6

Sailing, yachting

5.2

1.8

2.3

4.2

2.1

1.6

Skateboarding

20.7

5.2

5.0

12.5

2.3

1.4

Skiing

9.1

2.1

1.9

12.7

2.1

4.3

Snowboarding

11.9

2.9

3.7

6.9

2.0

2.2

Softball, T-ball

9.0

11.1

3.0

8.9

9.0

2.1

Surfing (not bodyboarding)

13.2

3.0

2.9

10.2

2.4

1.9

Swimming

38.2

17.7

9.1

53.6

19.8

13.1

Table tennis

32.2

13.8

6.3

23.3

7.8

3.2

Tennis

24.9

11.4

9.0

26.0

12.7

9.5

Touch

42.8

27.6

13.1

25.6

16.6

8.2

Tramping, bush walks

14.4

7.2

4.0

19.7

8.1

4.5

Tri(athlon), duathlon

2.8

4.0

1.7

1.3

2.2

0.9

Volleyball, Kiwi Volley

22.1

17.7

6.9

29.0

18.8

7.3

Walking for fitness

20.0

7.9

5.7

47.6

16.0

9.8

Water polo, Flippa Ball

2.9

3.5

2.1

4.5

3.2

2.0

Other kinds of sport or active things

14.0

10.6

7.4

15.5

10.8

9.4

None of these At least one of these sports / activities

3.7

19.8

29.9

4.2

18.2

34.4

96.3

80.2

70.1

95.8

81.8

65.6

* Includes sports / activities done at lunchtime at school, at the beach, at home or at a friend’s house; examples given were shooting hoops or playing cricket in the backyard.

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Highest Level at which Sport is Played Gender and Age Further insight into the way young people (10 to 18-year-olds) play sport comes from asking about the highest level at which they played sport “this year”. Levels ranged from playing sport socially with family and friends to playing representative sport, i.e. playing for their region or country. Results show that: t At the social level, boys and girls in each of the two age groups (10 to 14-year-olds and 15 to 18-year-olds) report a similar level of participation: ƒ

Over 2 out of 10 boys (23.2% of 10 to 14-year-old boys and 25.0% of 15 to 18-year-old boys) said they played sport at this level but not at other levels

ƒ

Around 3 out of 10 girls (31.0% of 10 to 14-year-old girls and 32.2% of 15 to 18-year-old girls) said they played sport at this level but not at other levels.

t At the next level – school or club competitions – the level of participation for boys and girls in each of the two age groups is similar: ƒ

For 10 to 14-year-olds, almost 4 out of 10 boys (35.5%) and girls (36.5%) said they played sport at this level

ƒ

For 15 to 18-year-olds, around 3 out of 10 boys (31.5%) and girls (28.8%) said they played sport at this level.

t Beyond the school / club competition level, the pattern changes and boys in both age groups are more likely than girls to play at higher levels, i.e. in a top team or to represent their region or country: ƒ

For boys in the younger age group, 21.2% said they played in a top school or club team, compared to 16.7% in the older age group, while the figures for girls were lower than this (17% for 10 to 14-year-old girls and 14.2% for 15 to 18-year-old girls)

ƒ

For boys in both age groups, over 1 out of 10 said they represented their region or country (16.1% for 10 to 14-year-old boys and 15.7% for 15 to 18-year-old boys) and, again, the figures for girls were lower than this (10.8% for 10 to 14-year-old girls and 9.2% for 15 to 18-year-old girls).

Highest level sport played “this year” by gender and age* 10-14 YEARS

15-18 YEARS

Boys %

Girls %

Boys %

Girls %

Played socially for fun with family and friends

23.2

31.0

25.0

32.2

Played in school or club competitions (open to all)

35.5

36.5

31.5

28.8

Played in a top school or club team (e.g. Rugby 1st XV, Netball ‘A’ team)

21.2

17.0

16.7

14.2

Represented my region or country

16.1

10.8

15.7

9.2

Don’t play sport

4.1

4.7

11.1

15.6

* This question focused only on sport, and the percentages who said they did not play are higher than those shown earlier for all sport and recreation activities.

BEYOND THE SCHOOL / CLUB COMPETITION LEVEL, THE PATTERN CHANGES AND BOYS IN BOTH AGE GROUPS ARE MORE LIKELY THAN GIRLS TO PLAY AT HIGHER LEVELS.

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Gender and Ethnicity The level young people (10 to 18-year-olds) play sport at varies with their ethnic background. BOYS compared with boys overall:

GIRLS compared with girls overall:

t Màori boys (35.2%) and Asian boys (29.9%) are more likely to play sport at the social level (24% for boys overall)

t Mäori (29.8%) and Pacific (30.9%) girls are less likely to play in school or club competitions (33.6% for girls overall)

t Asian boys (36.8%) are more likely to play in school or club competitions (33.6% for boys overall)

t European girls (25%) are less likely to play sport at the social level (31.4% for girls overall)

t Pacific boys (20.8%) are more likely to represent their region / country (15.8% for boys overall).

t Asian girls are less likely to play in a top school or club team (8.1%) or to represent their region / country (3%, compared with 15.7% and 10.2% respectively for girls overall).

Highest level sport “this year” by gender and ethnicity* – 10 to 18-year-olds ALL YOUNG PEOPLE

NZ EUROPEAN

MÀORI

PACIFIC

ASIAN

Boys %

Girls %

Boys %

Girls %

Boys %

Girls %

Boys %

Girls %

Boys %

Girls %

Played socially with family and friends

24.0

31.4

20.8

25.0

35.2

32.0

21.7

33.3

29.9

43.1

Played in school or club competitions

33.6

33.0

32.7

35.7

28.0

29.8

33.4

30.9

36.8

34.1

Played in a top school or club team

19.4

15.7

21.4

18.6

17.8

15.8

19.8

16.9

12.6

8.1

Represented my region or country

15.8

10.2

17.2

12.1

11.7

12.5

20.8

10.7

13.9

3.0

Don’t play sport

7.2

9.7

8.0

8.7

7.2

9.9

4.3

8.2

6.8

11.7

* This question focused only on sport, and the percentages who said they did not play are higher than those shown earlier for all sport and recreation activities.

PHOTO: COUNTIES MANUKAU SPORT

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WAYS YOUNG PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN SPORT AND RECREATION

Volunteering Gender and Age Young people (10 to 18-year-olds) were asked if they volunteered in a number of different roles “this year” for any of the “sport or active things”in which they participated. These roles included coach / assistant coach, team / assistant manager, club administrator, referee / official, helper, lifeguard, team captain, physical activity leader and event organiser. t Around 5 out of 10 boys (48.9%) and 4 out of 10 girls (43.8%) said they volunteered in one or more of these roles

THE MAIN ROLES THAT YOUNG PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED IN WERE TEAM CAPTAIN AND “HELPER” SUCH AS BALL BOY / GIRL, TIMEKEEPER AND SCORER.

t Young people aged 10 to 14 years (52.3% of boys and 47.2% of girls) were more likely to volunteer in these roles than those aged 15 to 18 years (44.8% of boys and 39.6% of girls)

The main roles that young people were involved in were team captain and “helper” such as ball boy / girl, timekeeper and scorer. Coaching was the third main role young people were involved in: t Among 10 to 14-year-olds, 18.8% of boys and 13.6% of girls said they were coaches or assistant coaches t Among 15 to 18-year-olds, 16.5% of boys and 16.4% of girls said they were involved in these roles.

Volunteering done regularly by gender and age “this year” 10-14 YEARS

15-18 YEARS

Volunteer roles*

Boys %

Girls %

Boys %

Girls %

Coach or assistant coach

18.8

13.6

16.5

16.4

Team manager or assistant manager

7.2

6.1

6.3

4.5

Club administrator

3.6

2.2

2.5

2.3

Referee / official

13.3

12.9

13.7

10.6

Helper (e.g. ball boy / girl, timekeeper and scorer)

26.6

25.8

16.2

14.5

Lifeguard

2.7

2.9

2.1

2.6

Team captain

30.9

25.2

23.2

17.1

Physical activity leader

12.2

11.3

9.0

8.7

Event organiser

7.4

8.0

7.8

9.2

* The question was: Have you done any of these things regularly this year, for any kind of sport or active things that you do outside of PE or fitness?

POINT TO NOTE: Young people were asked if they had taken part in any of nine volunteer roles “regularly this year” for any of the “sport and active things” they did. The question asked them to exclude volunteering done as part of PE or fitness classes at school.

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Gender and Ethnicity

PHOTO: COUNTIES MANUKAU SPORT

Young people’s (10 to 18-year-olds) volunteering varies with their ethnic background. BOYS compared with all boys (48.9%): t Pacific boys (55.3%) were more likely to be volunteers and: ƒ

This group of young people were more likely to be involved in most of the nine roles than boys overall.

t Asian boys (35.5%) were less likely to be volunteers and: ƒ

This group of young people were less likely to be involved in most of the nine roles than boys overall.

GIRLS compared with all girls (43.8%): t Mäori (49.6%) and Pacific girls (53.7%) were more likely to be volunteers and: ƒ

Mäori girls were more likely to be referees / officials (14.6%) and team captains (26.7%) than girls overall (11.9% and 21.6% respectively)

ƒ

Pacific girls were more likely to be involved in all of the nine roles than girls overall.

t Asian girls (29%) were much less likely to be volunteers (43.8% for girls overall).

Volunteer roles done regularly “this year” by gender and ethnicity – 10 to 18-year-olds

Volunteer roles*

ALL YOUNG PEOPLE

NZ EUROPEAN

MÀORI

PACIFIC

ASIAN

Boys %

Girls %

Boys %

Girls %

Boys %

Girls %

Boys %

Girls %

Boys %

Girls %

Coach or assistant coach

17.8

14.8

18.4

16.3

18.6

15.8

19.0

19.0

14.4

7.3

Team manager or assistant manager

6.8

5.4

5.9

5.7

9.1

5.4

10.6

8.3

5.3

3.6

Club administrator

3.1

2.2

2.6

1.8

3.0

1.2

5.0

4.5

3.3

1.9

Referee / official

13.4

11.9

13.8

13.4

13.9

14.6

18.8

16.6

8.5

4.7

Helper (e.g. ball boys / girls, timekeepers and scorers)

22.0

20.8

24.0

21.6

23.3

27.2

25.5

31.1

14.2

12.2

Lifeguard

2.4

2.8

3.1

3.6

1.4

3.4

3.5

3.0

0.9

0.6

Team captain

27.5

21.6

29.9

23.7

26.8

26.7

29.6

26.2

17.1

13.5

Physical activity leader

10.7

10.1

10.1

9.5

10.9

13.0

18.1

16.8

6.3

5.5

7.7

8.5

7.5

9.1

7.4

13.5

10.3

10.5

5.8

6.0

48.9

43.8

51.7

47.1

48.7

49.6

55.3

53.7

35.5

29.0

Event organiser Volunteered in one or more roles

* The question was: Have you done any of these things regularly this year, for any kind of sport or active things that you do outside of PE or fitness?

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TIME SPENT PARTICIPATING IN SPORT AND RECREATION

Measuring Achievement of the Auckland Plan The 2011 Young People’s Survey provides the first results – the baseline – for the Auckland Plan goal to increase the number of school-aged children participating in organised sport and informal physical activities by 2040. This particular target falls under strategic direction five of the plan: to promote individual and community wellbeing through participation in recreation and sport. Sport NZ also has a strategic measure relating to this: 80% of school-aged children participating in organised sport for at least three hours a week. To estimate how much time young people spend participating in sport and recreation information was collected from students (or their parents / caregivers) and teachers. We asked about the time spent in a normal week doing:

1

Active PE at school (i.e. the time spent being active during PE classes)

2

Training or practice with a coach or taking part in competitions (older students, 10 to 18-year-olds, also were asked about the time spent on extra training or practice, like running to get fit, but this time is not included in the calculations and results shown here)

3

Sport or active things when “mucking around”.

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We have used this information to give estimates of the time spent on: ƒ

Sport and recreation when all the time is combined (i.e. the sum of the three time estimates above)

ƒ

Sport and recreation while “mucking around” (i.e. number 3)

ƒ

Organised sport (which we have defined as the time students spend on active PE and the time they spend at training or practice with a coach or taking part in competitions, i.e. numbers 1 and 2 above). Sport is used here in its broadest sense and includes active recreation – “active things”.

Results show the time students spent on sport and recreation in terms of: ƒ

3 or more hours a week.

ƒ

Less than 3 hours a week.

ƒ

No time.

Appendix 1 (A1.6) provides more information about how students and teachers reported time and how the estimates were calculated. The wording of survey questions was tested with young people before the survey was carried out to make sure that they could understand and answer the questions about time.

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Time Spent Participating in Sport and Recreation – Combined Time Gender and Age The majority of young people spend three or more hours a week on sport and recreation when the combined time is calculated. This time includes active PE at school, training or practice with a coach or taking part in competitions, and time spent doing sports or active things when “mucking around”. t For young people aged 5 to 14 years the figure is around 9 out of 10 for both boys and girls



Key point: Very few young people (5% or less) spent no time at all on sport and recreation activities.

t For 15 to 18-year-olds the figures are 8 out of 10 for boys (81.8%) and 7 out of 10 for girls (70.8%)

Time spent participating in sport and recreation in a normal week – combined time – by gender and age

BOYS 5-10 YEARS

GIRLS 5-10 YEARS

92.6%

92.7%

7.2%

7.2%

< 3 hours

< 3 hours

0.2%

0.1%

No time

No time

BOYS 11-14 YEARS

GIRLS 11-14 YEARS

93.6%

90.5%

6.3%

9.3%

< 3 hours

< 3 hours

0.1%

0.2%

No time

No time

BOYS 15-18 YEARS

GIRLS 15-18 YEARS

81.8%

70.8%

13.6%

23.9%

< 3 hours

< 3 hours

4.6%

5.2%

No time

No time

> _ 3 hours

> _ 3 hours

> _ 3 hours

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> _ 3 hours

> _ 3 hours

> _ 3 hours

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Gender and Ethnicity Young people’s combined time spent on sport and recreation varies little with their ethnic background. When compared with all boys (90.3%), the proportions of boys of different ethnic backgrounds spending three or more hours a week on sport and recreation a week are similar. The pattern is similar for girls, although the figure for Asian girls (79.5%) spending three or more hours a week is slightly lower when compared with all girls (86.5%).

Time spent participating in sport and recreation in a normal week – combined time – by gender and ethnicity

ALL BOYS

ALL GIRLS

90.3%

86.5%

8.5%

12.1%

< 3 hours

< 3 hours

1.2%

1.4%

No time

No time

NZ EUROPEAN BOYS

NZ EUROPEAN GIRLS

91.5%

89.7%

7.1%

8.9%

< 3 hours

< 3 hours

1.4%

1.4%

No time

No time

MÀORI BOYS

MÀORI GIRLS

90.8%

89.1%

8.5%

9.9%

< 3 hours

< 3 hours

0.7%

1.0%

No time

No time

> _ 3 hours

> _ 3 hours

> _ 3 hours

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> _ 3 hours

> _ 3 hours

> _ 3 hours

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PACIFIC BOYS

PACIFIC GIRLS

90.6%

87.0%

8.8%

11.9%

< 3 hours

< 3 hours

0.6%

1.2%

No time

No time

ASIAN BOYS

ASIAN GIRLS

88.7%

79.5%

10.5%

18.6%

< 3 hours

< 3 hours

0.9%

1.8%

No time

No time

> _ 3 hours

> _ 3 hours

> _ 3 hours

> _ 3 hours

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Time Spent Participating in Sport and Recreation while “Mucking Around” Gender and Age t The time young people spend on sport and recreation while “mucking around” with friends, family, and on their own differs by gender and age t Boys of all ages were more likely than girls to spend three or more hours a week on sport and recreation in this context

BOYS OF ALL AGES WERE MORE LIKELY THAN GIRLS TO SPEND THREE OR MORE HOURS A WEEK ON SPORT AND RECREATION IN THIS CONTEXT.

t For both boys and girls, the percentage spending three or more hours a week on sport and recreation when “mucking around” decreases with age: ƒ

For boys the figures range from 7 out of 10 for 5 to 10-year-olds (74.3%) to 6 out of 10 for 15 to 18-year-olds (56.5%)

ƒ

For girls the figures range from 7 out of 10 for 5 to 10-year-olds (68.0%) to 4 out of 10 for 15 to 18-year-olds (41.6%).

t Fewer than 1 in 10 young people (10% or less) spent no time on sport and recreation activities when “mucking around”.

Time spent participating in sport and recreation in a normal week while “mucking around” by gender and age

BOYS 5-10 YEARS

GIRLS 5-10 YEARS

74.3%

68.0%

24.6%

29.5%

< 3 hours

< 3 hours

1.1%

2.5%

No time

No time

BOYS 11-14 YEARS

GIRLS 11-14 YEARS

70.8%

57.8%

25.6%

38.8%

< 3 hours

< 3 hours

3.5%

3.4%

No time

No time

> _ 3 hours

> _ 3 hours

70

> _ 3 hours

> _ 3 hours

TIME SPENT PARTICIPATING IN SPORT AND RECREATION

BOYS 15-18 YEARS

GIRLS 15-18 YEARS

56.5%

41.6%

34.4%

48.4%

< 3 hours

< 3 hours

9.1%

10.0%

No time

No time

> _ 3 hours

> _ 3 hours

Gender and Ethnicity Young people’s time spent on sport and recreation when “mucking around’ varies little with their ethnic background. When compared with all boys (68.8%), the figures for Mäori boys (76%) spending three or more hours a week “mucking around” are slightly higher.

Compared with all girls (58.3%), the figures for Mäori girls (66.7%) spending three or more hours a week on sport and recreation while “mucking around” are slightly higher. For Asian girls (48%) the figures are slightly lower.

Time spent participating in sport and recreation in a normal week while “mucking around” by gender and ethnicity

ALL BOYS

ALL GIRLS

68.8%

58.3%

27.4%

37.1%

< 3 hours

< 3 hours

3.8%

4.6%

No time

No time

NZ EUROPEAN BOYS

NZ EUROPEAN GIRLS

72.1%

61.7%

23.8%

34.4%

< 3 hours

< 3 hours

4.1%

3.9%

No time

No time

> _ 3 hours

> _ 3 hours

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> _ 3 hours

> _ 3 hours

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MÀORI BOYS

NZ MÀORI GIRLS

76.0%

66.7%

21.7%

29.9%

< 3 hours

< 3 hours

2.3%

3.4%

No time

No time

PACIFIC BOYS

PACIFIC GIRLS

70.3%

59.1%

27.4%

37.0%

< 3 hours

< 3 hours

2.3%

3.9%

No time

No time

ASIAN BOYS

ASIAN GIRLS

63.4%

48.0%

32.9%

44.4%

< 3 hours

< 3 hours

3.7%

7.5%

No time

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Time Spent Participating in Organised Sport Gender and Age (7 to 18-year-olds) The time young people spend on organised sport also differs by gender and age: t Boys of all ages were more likely than girls to spend three or more hours a week on organised sport t Between 6 and 7 out of 10 boys and girls aged 7 to 14 years spend three or more hours a week on organised sport. The figures are slightly higher for 11 to 14-year-olds than for 7 to 10-year-olds. The percentages are: ƒ

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Girls – 64.5% for 11 to 14-year-olds and 57.4% for 7 to 10-year-olds.

t Over 5 five out of 10 (54.3%) 15 to 18-year-old boys spent three or more hours a week on organised sport, as did 4 out of 10 girls of this age (41.4%) t Very few young people 7 to 14 years old (3% or less) spent no time on organised sport. The figure is higher for 15 to 18-year-olds, with around 2 out of 10 boys (22.1%) and 3 out of 10 girls (28.4%) spending no time on organised sport.

Boys – 70.4% for 11 to 14-year-olds and 67.2% for 7 to 10-year-olds

POINTS TO NOTE: The charts on this page and the two following pages show participation in organised sport for young people aged 7 to 18 years. Younger children (5 and 6-year-olds) are excluded because the way they participate in organised sport as defined here is different from the way those in the older age groups participate. While almost all 5 to 6-year-olds do active PE, fewer take part in “training or practice with a coach or in competitions”, and those who do participate in this way, do so for shorter periods of time.

Time spent participating in organised sport and recreation in a normal week by gender and age

BOYS 7-10 YEARS

GIRLS 7-10 YEARS

67.2%

57.4%

30.9%

39.6%

< 3 hours

< 3 hours

2.0%

3.0%

No time

No time

BOYS 11-14 YEARS

GIRLS 11-14 YEARS

70.4%

64.5%

27.7%

33.2%

< 3 hours

< 3 hours

1.9%

2.3%

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BOYS 15-18 YEARS

GIRLS 15-18 YEARS

54.3%

41.4%

23.6%

30.2%

< 3 hours

< 3 hours

22.1%

28.4%

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Gender and Ethnicity (7 to 18-year-olds) Young people’s time spent on organised sport and recreation varies little with their ethnic background. When compared with all boys (64.9%) the figures for Pacific boys (71.6%), spending three or more hours a week in organised sport are slightly higher.

Compared with all girls (55.6%), the figures the figures for Asian girls (42.9%) spending three or more hours a week in organised sport are slightly lower.

Time spent participating in organised sport and recreation in a normal week by gender and ethnicity – 7 to 18-year-olds

ALL BOYS 7-18 YEARS

ALL GIRLS 7-18 YEARS

64.9%

55.6%

27.5%

34.3%

< 3 hours

< 3 hours

7.6%

10.1%

No time

No time

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NZ EUROPEAN GIRLS

66.2%

59.8%

25.4%

31.7%

< 3 hours

< 3 hours

8.4%

8.6%

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MÀORI BOYS

MÀORI GIRLS

60.4%

56.5%

32.2%

35.9%

< 3 hours

< 3 hours

7.4%

7.6%

No time

No time

PACIFIC BOYS

PACIFIC GIRLS

71.6%

58.2%

24.4%

33.6%

< 3 hours

< 3 hours

4.0%

8.2%

No time

No time

ASIAN BOYS

ASIAN GIRLS

59.0%

42.9%

32.4%

42.1%

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< 3 hours

8.6%

15.0%

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Sport and Recreation Activities Young People Want to Try or Do More of Gender and Age Young people were asked if there were any “sports or active things they would really like to try or do more of” to gauge their interest in sport and recreation activities. They also could answer “no / none”. Most young people were interested in trying / doing more of one or more sports or recreation activity. The percentage of young people wanting to try / do more of one or more sport or recreation activity varied by gender and age: t For 5 to 10-year-olds, around 7 out of 10 boys (65.8%) and girls (71.7%) want to try or do more of at least one sport or activity

Similarly, the percentage of young people saying “no / none” varied by gender and age group: t For 5 to 10-year-olds, around 2 out of 10 boys (23.2%) and girls (18.1%) said there were “no” sports or activities that they want to try or do more of. t For 11 to 14-year-olds, fewer girls said “no / none” than boys (the figures are around 2 out of 10; 17.8% for girls and 24.6% for boys) t For 15 to 18-year-olds, around 3 out 10 boys (34.3%) and girls (31.4%) said there were “no” sports or activities that they want to try or do more of.

t For 11 to 14-year-olds, more girls than boys want to try or do more of at least one activity (77.0% for girls and 68.1%, for boys) t For 15 to 18-year-olds, 5 out 10 boys (49.4%) and 6 out of 10 girls (60.0%) want to try / do more of at least one sport or activity.

POINTS TO NOTE: Students were asked, “Are there any sports or active things that you would really like to try, or do more of?” Students could write in up to five sports / activities or tick a box to indicate that there were “no / none” activities they were interested in. This was not a tick-list question. A small number of students wrote down activities that were not judged to be physically active (e.g. computer games) or there was uncertainty if they were sports or “active things”. As a result, percentages at the bottom of the table may not add to 100%.

Some activities were mentioned by a small number of students and have been grouped together; examples in these tables are: other ball sports / games and other ice / snow sports / activities. A full list of the sports / activities that students would like to try / do more of is included in Appendix 4 (A4.2). The survey took place just before the 2011 Rugby World Cup, and this may have influenced young people’s interest in rugby.



Key point based on the rankings: ì Activities that interest boys and girls of all ages are basketball, football, tennis and swimming ì Netball is of interest to girls of all ages.

This section is entitled Level of Interest in Activities in the national report Sport and Recreation in the Lives of Young New Zealanders.

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Top 20 activities 5 to 10-year-old boys and girls want to try or do more of BOYS 5-10 YEARS

Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

3 6 1 4 10 16 12 19 5 20 13 11 2 14 -

Rank

Activities Football, soccer, futsal Rugby, Rippa Rugby Swimming Cycling, biking (not mountain biking) Basketball, mini-ball Tennis, Grasshoppers Cricket Martial arts (e.g. karate, judo) Cross-country Hockey Fishing Touch Softball, T-ball Athletics (run, jump, throw) Other ball sports / games1 Rugby league Dance (e.g. ballet, b-boy, b-girl) Snowboarding Surfing Tri(athlon), duathlon At least one activity

% 24.1 21.2 11.7 10.0 9.1 8.7 7.0 6.8 6.6 5.2 4.7 4.0 3.3 2.9 2.8 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.1 65.8

No / none Not answered

GIRLS 5-10 YEARS Activities Netball Swimming Football, soccer, futsal Dance (e.g. ballet, b-boy, b-girl) Gymnastics, trampoline, aerobics Tennis Cycling, biking (not mountain biking) Rugby, Rippa Rugby Basketball, mini-ball Cross-country Hockey Touch Volleyball, Kiwi volley Athletics (run, jump, throw) Martial arts (e.g. karate, judo) Softball, T-ball Horse riding, equestrian activities Skiing Cricket Other sports / activities2 At least one activity

% 23.5 18.9 15.7 14.5 11.7 11.6 9.9 7.6 7.2 7.1 4.6 3.7 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.4 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.9 71.7

23.2

No / none

18.1

10.7

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9.7

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Top 20 activities 11 to 14-year-old boys and girls want to try or do more of BOYS 11-14 YEARS

Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

4 3 17 5 6 14 13 16 11 2 9 15 8 1 10 20

Activities Rugby Football, soccer, futsal Tennis Basketball Touch Rugby league Badminton Hockey Cricket Swimming Snowboarding Table tennis Fishing Cycling, biking (not mountain biking) Running, jogging, cross-country Other ball sports / games1 Softball, T-ball Golf Martial arts (e.g. karate, judo) Volleyball At least one activity No / none Not answered

Rank % 14.5 12.3 9.3 9.0 7.9 7.8 6.5 6.2 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.1 4.4 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.3 68.1 24.6 6.9

4 2 5 6 11 13 18 19 12 14 9 15 1 10 20

GIRLS 11-14 YEARS Activities Netball Swimming Football, soccer, futsal Basketball Touch Volleyball Tennis Hockey Badminton Rugby Dance (e.g. ballet, b-boy, b-girl) Gymnastics, trampoline, aerobics Running, jogging, cross-country Horse riding, equestrian activities Surfing (not bodyboarding) Skiing Water polo Softball, T-ball Martial arts (e.g. karate, judo) Cricket At least one activity No / none Not answered

% 19.8 15.3 12.9 12.1 11.2 11.2 10.5 10.4 10.3 9.9 7.9 7.1 6.4 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.4 3.3 77.0 17.8 5.0

Light grey column: Ranking of sports / activities interested in. Dark grey column: Ranking from the earlier tables showing the top 20 sports / activities participated in. 1. Other ball sports / games include Aussie Rules, baseball, American Football, handball, lacrosse, croquet and other ball sports not included elsewhere. 2. Other sports / activities include archery, free running, walking (not for fitness) and other activities not included elsewhere.

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Top 20 activities 15 to 18-year-old boys and girls want to try or do more of BOYS 15-18 YEARS

Rank

Activities 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

5 3 7 12 4 16 15 2 11 9 1

Rugby Football, soccer, futsal Touch Rugby league Basketball Tennis Other ball sports / games1 Volleyball, Kiwi volley Surfing (not bodyboarding) Swimming Snowboarding Martial arts (e.g. karate, judo) Badminton Other sports / activities2 Dance (e.g. ballet, b-boy, b-girl) Adventure, extreme sports / activities Combat sports Cycling, biking (not mountain biking) Other water sports3 Running, jogging, cross-country At least one activity No / none Not answered

Rank % 9.6 5.9 5.1 4.9 4.7 4.4 4.1 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.2 2.7 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.9 49.4 34.3 15.9

GIRLS 15-18 YEARS Activities

3 12 6 7 9 8 5 1 13 15 18 16

%

Swimming Volleyball Netball Football, soccer, futsal Badminton Basketball Dance (e.g. ballet, b-boy, b-girl) Running, jogging, cross-country Tennis Touch Surfing Hockey Rugby Snowboarding Skiing Other water sports3 Martial arts (e.g. karate, judo) Rowing Gym, fitness, exercise, training activities Canoeing, kayaking At least one activity No / none Not answered

11.1 9.0 8.4 7.4 7.3 7.0 6.5 6.1 6.0 5.8 5.4 4.7 3.5 3.3 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.1 60.0 31.4 8.4

Light grey column: Ranking of sports / activities interested in. Dark grey column: Ranking from the earlier tables showing the top 20 sports / activities participated in. 1. Other ball sports / games include Aussie Rules, baseball, American Football, handball, lacrosse, croquet and other ball sports not included elsewhere. 2. Other sports / activities include archery, free running, walking (not for fitness) and other activities not included elsewhere. 3. Other water sports include surf lifesaving, waterskiing, diving, snorkelling, underwater hockey and other water activities not included elsewhere.

Sports and activities in which young people were interested in included a number of those that are already popular and in which young people already take part in. Examples; football, rugby, netball and swimming (these activities are in the top 10s in terms of interest and participation).

There are also a number of other sports / activities that young people would like to try, which have lower participation figures (these activities are not in the top 10s or sometimes top 20s, for participation). Examples; tennis and hockey, martial arts, surfing and volleyball.

Sports / activities of interest to boys and girls of different ages in terms of the top 10 sports / activities Age group

5 to 10-year-olds

11 to 14-year-olds 15 to 18-year-olds

Both boys and girls interested in these sports / activities basketball, cross-country, cycling / biking, football, rugby, swimming, tennis basketball, badminton, football, hockey, rugby, swimming, tennis, touch basketball, football, tennis, swimming, touch, volleyball

Boys more interested than girls in these sports / activities

Girls more interested than boys in these sports / activities

cricket, hockey, martial arts

dance, gymnastics, netball

cricket, rugby league

dance, netball, volleyball

other ball sports, rugby, rugby league, surfing*

badminton, dance, netball, running / jogging

Note: the lists of activities are drawn from the top 20 sports / activities that young people in each age group were interested in trying / doing more of based on rankings. Activities are in alphabetical order; see tables with top 20 sports / activities for rankings. * for this activity the percentage figure is higher for girls (5.4%) than boys (3.4%).

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Gender and Ethnicity Many of the sports / activities in the top 10s of boys and girls of different ethnic backgrounds are similar as those for all boys and girls, respectively. Differences include: BOYS compared with all boys:

GIRLS compared with all girls:

t Mäori boys were more likely to be interested in rugby league, touch and snowboarding

t Mäori girls were more likely to be interested in touch t Pacific girls were more likely to be interested in rugby and touch

t Pacific boys were more likely to be interested in rugby league and touch

t Asian girls were more likely to be interested in badminton.

t Asian boys were more likely to be interested in badminton and table tennis.

Top activities young people want to try or do more of by gender ALL BOYS Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

ALL GIRLS

Activities Rugby, Rippa Rugby Football, soccer, futsal Basketball, mini-ball Swimming Tennis, Grasshoppers Cycling, biking (not mountain biking) Touch Cricket Martial arts (e.g. karate, judo) Rugby league Running, jogging, cross-country Hockey Fishing Snowboarding Other ball sports / games1 Badminton Softball, T-ball Surfing (not bodyboarding) Table tennis Volleyball, Kiwi volley At least one activity No / none Not answered

% 16.4 16.1 8.0 7.9 7.9 6.1 5.5 5.3 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.6 3.9 3.5 3.4 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.4 2.2 62.8 26.2 10.7

Activities Netball Swimming Football, soccer, futsal Dance (e.g. ballet, b-boy, b-girl) Tennis, Grasshoppers Basketball, mini-ball Gymnastics, trampoline, aerobics Rugby, Rippa Rugby Volleyball, Kiwi volley Running, jogging, cross-country Touch Hockey Cycling, biking (not mountain biking) Badminton Martial arts (e.g. karate, judo) Surfing (not bodyboarding) Skiing Softball, T-ball Horse riding, equestrian activities Athletics, track and field At least one activity No / none Not answered

% 18.7 15.9 12.8 10.5 9.9 8.8 8.0 7.4 7.2 6.7 6.6 6.5 5.9 5.6 3.1 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.4 70.6 21.2 7.9

Light grey column: Ranking of sports / activities interested in. 1. Other ball sports / games include Aussie Rules, baseball, American Football, handball, lacrosse, croquet and other ball sports not included elsewhere.

POINT TO NOTE: Students were able to identify with more than one ethnic group (e.g. Mäori and Pacific), and so the figures for each ethnic group should be compared only with the totals, which are shown in the first table (e.g. results for Pacific boys can be compared with those for all boys, but not with boys in other ethnic groups).

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Top activities New Zealand European boys and girls want to try or do more of As students could identify with more than one ethnic group these figures should be compared only with the totals for all boys and all girls NZ EUROPEAN BOYS Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Activities Rugby, Rippa Rugby Football, soccer, futsal Tennis, Grasshoppers Swimming Basketball, mini-ball Cycling, biking (not mountain biking) Hockey Fishing Touch Cricket Snowboarding Running, jogging, cross-country Martial arts (e.g. karate, judo) Rugby league Surfing (not bodyboarding) Other ball sports / games1 Softball, T-ball Athletics, track and field Skiing Golf At least one activity No / none Not answered

NZ EUROPEAN GIRLS % 16.6 14.5 7.9 7.0 6.8 6.8 5.4 4.9 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.3 3.6 3.4 3.1 2.8 2.4 2.4 2.3 64.1 25.8 9.6

Activities Netball Swimming Football, soccer, futsal Dance (e.g. ballet, b-boy, b-girl) Gymnastics, trampoline, aerobics Tennis, Grasshoppers Hockey Basketball, mini-ball Touch Running, jogging, cross-country Cycling, biking (not mountain biking) Rugby, Rippa Rugby Volleyball, Kiwi volley Badminton Surfing (not bodyboarding) Horse riding, equestrian activities Martial arts (e.g. karate, judo) Skiing Water polo, Flippa Ball Softball, T-ball At least one activity No / none Not answered

% 17.6 16.7 13.9 13.8 11.1 10.4 7.5 7.1 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.2 5.8 4.8 4.1 3.7 3.6 3.2 2.5 2.5 75.6 18.3 5.9

1. Other ball sports / games include Aussie Rules, baseball, American Football, handball, lacrosse, croquet and other ball sports not included elsewhere.

Top activities Màori boys and girls want to try or do more of As students could identify with more than one ethnic group these figures should be compared only with the totals for all boys and all girls MÀORI BOYS Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Activities Rugby, Rippa Rugby Football, soccer, futsal Rugby league Swimming Basketball, mini-ball Touch Cycling, biking (not mountain biking) Softball, T-ball Martial arts (e.g. karate, judo) Snowboarding Running, jogging, cross-country Hockey Dance (e.g. ballet, b-boy, b-girl) Tennis Fishing Cricket Surfing (not bodyboarding) Other ball sports / games1 Other water sports2 Skateboarding At least one activity No / none Not answered

MÀORI GIRLS % 22.6 10.4 10.1 9.5 8.3 7.1 6.7 6.6 6.1 5.3 4.3 4.2 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.0 3.0 2.4 2.3 61.7 26.4 11.8

Activities Netball Swimming Dance (e.g. ballet, b-boy, b-girl) Football, soccer, futsal Touch Basketball, mini-ball Rugby, Rippa Rugby Gymnastics, trampoline, aerobics Running, jogging, cross-country Tennis, Grasshoppers Volleyball, Kiwi volley Cycling, biking (not mountain biking) Martial arts (e.g. karate, judo) Hockey Badminton Softball, T-ball Mäori activities (e.g. kapa haka) Rugby league Surfing (not bodyboarding) Athletics, track and field At least one activity No / none Not answered

% 29.7 12.1 12.0 11.7 11.4 10.7 8.6 8.3 8.2 7.8 6.5 6.3 5.2 5.0 4.7 4.0 3.6 3.2 2.5 2.4 75.1 16.9 7.6

1. Other ball sports / games include Aussie Rules, baseball, American Football, handball, lacrosse, croquet and other ball sports not included elsewhere. 2. Other water sports include surf lifesaving, waterskiing, diving, snorkelling, underwater hockey and other water activities not included elsewhere.

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Top activities Pacific boys and girls want to try or do more of As students could identify with more than one ethnic group these figures should be compared only with the totals for all boys and all girls PACIFIC BOYS Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Activities Rugby, Rippa Rugby Football, soccer, futsal Rugby league Swimming Basketball, mini-ball Touch Cricket Tennis, Grasshoppers Cycling, biking (not mountain biking) Running, jogging, cross-country Martial arts (e.g. karate, judo) Other ball sports / games1 Softball, T-ball Volleyball, Kiwi volley Fishing Snowboarding Hockey Combat sports Athletics, track and field Table tennis At least one activity No / none Not answered

PACIFIC GIRLS % 22.2 14.2 10.5 10.1 9.5 9.3 6.7 6.4 5.7 5.6 5.3 4.6 4.3 3.7 3.6 3.1 3.0 2.5 2.3 2.2 61.7 25.5 12.3

Activities Netball Rugby, Rippa Rugby Football, soccer, futsal Swimming Touch Volleyball, Kiwi volley Basketball, mini-ball Tennis, Grasshoppers Running, jogging, cross-country Dance (e.g. ballet, b-boy, b-girl) Cycling, biking (not mountain biking) Softball, T-ball Hockey Rugby league Gymnastics, trampoline, aerobics Badminton Athletics, track and field Cricket Other ball sports / games1 Mäori activities (e.g. kapa haka) At least one activity No / none Not answered

% 25.0 14.2 12.8 12.1 11.5 11.3 10.8 9.3 5.9 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.3 3.8 3.8 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.0 64.1 24.2 11.1

1. Other ball sports / games include Aussie Rules, baseball, American Football, handball, lacrosse, croquet and other ball sports not included elsewhere.

Top activities Asian boys and girls want to try or do more of As students could identify with more than one ethnic group these figures should be compared only with the totals for all boys and all girls ASIAN BOYS Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Activities Football, soccer, futsal Tennis, Grasshoppers Rugby, Rippa Rugby Swimming Basketball, mini-ball Cricket Badminton Hockey Cycling, biking (not mountain biking) Table tennis Other ball sports / games1 Martial arts (e.g. karate, judo) Running, jogging, cross-country Touch Golf Fishing Dance (e.g. ballet, b-boy, b-girl) Volleyball, Kiwi volley Snowboarding Softball, T-ball At least one activity No / none Not answered

ASIAN GIRLS % 24.4 11.8 11.7 10.8 10.2 8.3 6.6 5.1 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.3 3.6 3.5 3.2 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.3 64.6 25.1 10.2

Activities Swimming Netball Badminton Tennis, Grasshoppers Basketball, mini-ball Football, soccer, futsal Running, jogging, cross-country Cycling, biking (not mountain biking) Volleyball, Kiwi volley Dance (e.g. ballet, b-boy, b-girl) Hockey Gymnastics, trampoline, aerobics Martial arts (e.g. karate, judo) Rugby, Rippa Rugby Table tennis Touch Skiing Cricket Other ice / snow sports / activities2 Softball, T-ball At least one activity No / none Not answered

% 19.7 16.4 11.3 11.3 10.8 9.4 6.8 6.6 6.4 6.3 6.1 5.0 4.7 3.7 3.6 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.3 2.3 67.3 22.7 9.4

1. Other ball sports/games include Aussie Rules, baseball, American Football, handball, lacrosse, croquet and other ball sports not included elsewhere. 2. Other ice / snow sports / activities include ice hockey, ice skating and other ice and snow sports not included elsewhere.

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Watching Sport Gender and Age Young people are keen spectators and watch sport on TV, online and at live matches and events. BOYS: t Between 7 and 9 out of 10 boys in the different age groups said they watched sport on TV and watched their family or friends play sport: ƒ

11 to 14-year-old boys were most likely to watch sport in these two ways (90.4% watched sport on TV and 78.5% watched friends or family play sport).

t Between 5 and 7 out of 10 boys in the different age groups said they had been to see professional sports events: ƒ

11 to 14-year-old boys also were most likely to watch sport in this way (65.3%).

t Watching sport online was not so popular: ƒ

Around 3 out of 10 boys 5 to 10 years old (26.5%) said they watched sport online

ƒ

Around 5 out of 10 of both 11 to 14-year-old and 15 to 18-year-old boys (52.7%) said they watched sport online.

GIRLS: t Between 7 and 8 out of 10 girls in the different age groups said they watched sport on TV and watched their family or friends play sport: ƒ

11 to 14-year-old girls were most likely to watch sport in these two ways (83.2% watched sport on TV and 83.0% watched friends or family play sport).

t Between 3 and 6 out of 10 girls in the different age groups said they had been to see professional sports events: ƒ

Both 11 to 14-year-olds (56.8%) and 15 to 18-year-olds (50.4%) were more likely to watch sport in this context than younger girls (34.0%).

t Watching sport online was not so popular: ƒ

11 to 14-year-old girls were most likely to say they watched sport in this way; around 4 out of 10 girls (35.9%) in this age group said they watched sport online, compared with 2 out of 10 girls 5 to 10 years old (19.6%) and just over 2 out of 10 girls 15 to 18 years old (24.9%).

t Watching sport tends to be less popular with girls than boys, although 11 to 14-year-old and 15 to 18-year-old girls were more likely than boys of these ages to say they went to watch family or friends play sport.

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Watching sport by gender and age

Watch sport on TV Watch sport online (e.g. on the internet or web) Go to watch family or friends play sport Go to watch a professional sports event (e.g. Super 15 Rugby, ANZ Championship Netball)

Watch sport on TV Watch sport online (e.g. on the internet or web) Go to watch family or friends play sport Go to watch a professional sports event (e.g. Super 15 Rugby, ANZ Championship Netball)

Watch sport on TV Watch sport online (e.g. on the internet or web) Go to watch family or friends play sport Go to watch a professional sports event (e.g. Super 15 Rugby, ANZ Championship Netball)

BOYS 5-10 YEARS Often Sometimes % % 24.9 56.8 6.6 19.9 27.6 43.1 11.3

37.3

BOYS 11-14 YEARS Often Sometimes % % 45.3 45.1 18.1 34.6 34.2 44.3 20.1

45.2

BOYS 15-18 YEARS Often Sometimes % % 43.6 43.6 17.8 34.9 23.3 47.0 17.0

42.8

Never % 18.3 73.5 29.3 51.4

Never % 9.6 47.3 21.5 34.7

Never % 12.8 47.3 29.7 40.1

GIRLS 5-10 YEARS Often Sometimes % % 13.8 53.6 3.5 16.1 29.5 40.5 7.5

26.5

GIRLS 11-14 YEARS Often Sometimes % % 24.9 58.3 7.3 28.5 38.6 44.5 13.4

43.4

GIRLS 15-18 YEARS Often Sometimes % % 25.7 52.5 4.7 20.1 25.0 52.3 12.6

37.8

Never % 32.6 80.4 30.0 66.0

Never % 16.8 64.1 17.0 43.2

Never % 21.8 75.1 22.7 49.6

POINT TO NOTE: The question used a three-point scale: “never, sometimes and often”. These terms were not defined.

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INTEREST IN SPORT AND RECREATION

Gender and Ethnicity Young people from all ethnic backgrounds said that they watched sport on TV, online and at live events. Compared with all boys and girls, there are some differences in the extent to which young people of different ethnic backgrounds watch sport. Differences are similar for boys and girls and include: BOYS compared with all boys: t Mäori boys (78.3%) were more likely to watch family / friends play sport and to watch sport at live events (63.4%) (73.2% and 56.6% of all boys respectively) t Pacific boys were more likely to watch sport in all 4 ways t Asian boys were more likely to watch sport online (47.1% compared to 41.4% of all boys). However, they were less likely to: ƒ

Watch family / friends play sport (62.9% compared to 73.2% of all boys)

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Watch sport on TV (79.8% compared to 85.8% of all boys)

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Watch sport at live events (41.4% compared to 56.6% of all boys).

GIRLS compared with all girls: t Mäori girls (83.1%) were more likely to watch family / friends play sport (75.9% of all girls). They were also more likely to watch sport at live events (52.2% compared to 45.2% of all girls) t Pacific girls were more likely to watch sport in all 4 ways t Asian girls were more likely to watch sport online (29.5% compared to 26.0% of all girls). However, they were less likely to: ƒ

Watch family / friends play sport (63.8% compared to 75.9% of all girls)

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Watch sport at live events (30.7% compared to 45.2% of all girls).

PHOTO: COUNTIES MANUKAU SPORT

Watching sport by gender

Watch sport on TV Watch sport online (e.g. on the internet or web) Go to watch family or friends play sport Go to watch a professional sports event (e.g. Super 15 Rugby, ANZ Championship Netball)

ALL BOYS Often Sometimes % % 35.9 49.9 13.1 28.3 28.7 44.5 15.5

41.1

Never % 14.2 58.6 26.8 43.4

ALL GIRLS Often Sometimes % % 20.1 54.8 5.0 21.0 31.3 44.6 10.6

34.6

Never % 25.1 74.0 24.1 54.8

POINT TO NOTE: Students were able to identify with more than one ethnic group (e.g. Mäori and Pacific), and so the figures for each ethnic group should be compared only with the totals, which are shown in the first table (e.g. results for Pacific boys can be compared with those for all boys, but not with boys in other ethnic groups).

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INTEREST IN SPORT AND RECREATION

Watching sport by gender and ethnicity

Watch sport on TV Watch sport online (e.g. on the internet or web) Go to watch family or friends play sport Go to watch a professional sports event (e.g. Super 15 Rugby, ANZ Championship Netball)

Watch sport on TV Watch sport online (e.g. on the internet or web) Go to watch family or friends play sport Go to watch a professional sports event (e.g. Super 15 Rugby, ANZ Championship Netball)

Watch sport on TV Watch sport online (e.g. on the internet or web) Go to watch family or friends play sport Go to watch a professional sports event (e.g. Super 15 Rugby, ANZ Championship Netball)

Watch sport on TV Watch sport online (e.g. on the internet or web) Go to watch family or friends play sport Go to watch a professional sports event (e.g. Super 15 Rugby, ANZ Championship Netball)

NZ EUROPEAN BOYS Often Sometimes % % 35.0 50.3 10.8 23.8 28.7 45.5

Never % 14.7 65.4 25.9

NZ EUROPEAN GIRLS Often Sometimes % % 18.0 54.7 2.8 17.3 32.4 45.1

Never % 27.3 79.9 22.5

15.1

38.8

10.5

51.7

46.1

MÀORI BOYS Often Sometimes % % 38.1 47.5 14.5 26.6 35.5 42.7 16.8

46.6

PACIFIC BOYS Often Sometimes % % 41.4 48.2 17.8 33.9 38.1 42.4 21.4

38.5

ASIAN BOYS Often Sometimes % % 25.9 53.8 12.0 35.1 16.7 46.3 11.3

30.1

Never % 14.4 58.9 21.7 36.6

Never % 10.4 48.4 19.5 40.1

Never % 20.2 52.9 37.1 58.6

37.8

MÀORI GIRLS Often Sometimes % % 25.8 50.7 6.5 19.5 40.1 43.0 13.8

38.5

PACIFIC GIRLS Often Sometimes % % 26.8 55.1 10.1 28.2 41.6 41.7 15.7

47.8

Never % 18.1 61.7 16.7

36.7

ASIAN GIRLS Often Sometimes % % 18.6 54.2 5.3 24.2 18.5 45.4 6.0

Never % 23.6 74.0 16.9

24.7

47.6

Never % 27.2 70.5 36.2 69.3

POINT TO NOTE: Students were able to identify with more than one ethnic group (e.g. Mäori and Pacific), and so the figures for each ethnic group should be compared only with the totals, which are shown in the first table (e.g. results for Pacific boys can be compared with those for all boys, but not with boys in other ethnic groups).

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AVAILABILITY AND USE OF FACILITIES, LOCAL PLACES AND EQUIPMENT

Young people in Years 7 to 10 (mostly aged 11 to 14 years) were asked whether they had sport facilities, local places and equipment available to them, and whether they used these. This included questions about places to walk, run or jog and ride a bike in their local neighbourhood, whether they had a bike or other sports equipment (like bats and balls) at home, and the availability of sports facilities (like playing fields or courts) at their school and in their local neighbourhood.

Gender and Age t Similarly, around 5 in 10 (52.9% of boys and 48.4% of girls) have a bike available which they use (this may be shared with a sibling)

t Around 5 in 10 young people said that they have places to walk, run or ride a bike available in their local neighbourhood, and that they used these, as follows: ƒ

48% of boys and 53.4% of girls have places to walk available, and use these

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49.3% of boys and 49.4% of girls have places to run available, and use these

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53.8% of boys and 46.5% of girls have places to ride a bike available, and use these.

t Around 7 in 10 (67.5% of boys and 65.8% of girls) have other sports equipment available at home, and use this t Some differences in use between boys and girls are apparent. Boys (48.9%) are more likely than girls (41.8%) to have sports facilities such as courts or fields available in their local neighbourhood and to use these, and boys (53.8%) are also more likely than girls (46.5%) to have places to ride a bike available in their local neighbourhood and to use these.

POINTS TO NOTE: The question used a three-point scale: “no, not available; yes, but don’t use; and yes and I do use them”. These terms were not defined. Courts and fields cannot be analysed separately. These were included in the questionnaire as examples of sports facilities. The tables in this section show results by the year-level survey form students completed, rather than by the age groups used earlier – Note 1, Appendix 5 explains the reason for this approach. The year level of the four survey forms align, for the most part, with the years students are in at school and so their age. Years 7-10 are mostly 11 to 14-year-olds.

Equipment / local places / facilities: availability and use by Years 7-10 boys and girls BOYS YEARS 7-10 11-14 years old

Places to walk in local neighbourhood Places to run or jog in local neighbourhood Places to ride a bike in local neighbourhood A bike (may be shared) Other equipment at home (e.g. bats, balls) Sports facilities at school (e.g. playing fields or courts) Sports facilities in your local neighbourhood (e.g. playing fields or courts)

GIRLS YEARS 7-10 11-14 years old

No, not available %

Yes, but don’t use %

Yes, and I use %

No, not available %

Yes, but don’t use %

Yes, and I use %

13.5 11.6 15.3 22.9 11.5

38.5 39.1 30.8 24.2 21.0

48.0 49.3 53.8 52.9 67.5

14.1 11.9 17.6 25.7 14.1

32.5 38.7 35.9 25.9 20.1

53.4 49.4 46.5 48.4 65.8

7.7

29.8

62.4

7.9

31.5

60.6

21.9

29.2

48.9

24.6

33.6

41.8

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AVAILABILITY AND USE OF FACILITIES, LOCAL PLACES AND EQUIPMENT

Gender and Ethnicity Compared with all boys and girls, there are some differences in the availability and use of equipment, local places and facilities for boys and girls of different ethnic backgrounds. BOYS compared with all boys: t Mäori boys (47.8%) were less likely to have a bike (may be shared), and use this (52.9% for all boys) t Pacific boys were less likely to have places to ride a bike in their neighbourhood available and use these (43.4% compared to 53.8% for all boys) and also less likely to have a bike available, and use this (41.6% compared to 52.9% for all boys) t Asian boys were less likely to have places to run or jog in their neighbourhood available, and use these (38.3% compared to 49.3% for all boys). They were also less likely to have places to ride a bike in their neighbourhood available, and use these (41.0% compared to 53.8% for all boys).

GIRLS compared with all girls: t Mäori girls (43.8%) were less likely to have places to run or jog in their neighbourhood available, and use these (49.4% for all girls) t Pacific girls were less likely to have available, and use: ƒ

Places to walk in their neighbourhood (42.4% compared to 53.4% for all girls)

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Places to ride a bike in their local neighbourhood (35.4% compared to 46.5% for all girls)

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A bike (34.6% compared to 48.4% for all girls).

t Asian girls were less likely to have available, and use: ƒ

Sports facilities in their local neighbourhood (28.2% compared to 41.8% for all girls)

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Sports facilities at school (50.0% compared to 60.6% for all girls)

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Places to run or jog in their neighbourhood (40.5% compared to 49.4% for all girls).

PHOTO: SPORT WAITAKERE

POINT TO NOTE: Students were able to identify with more than one ethnic group (e.g. Mäori and Pacific), and so the figures for each ethnic group should be compared only with the totals, which are shown in the first table (e.g. results for Pacific boys can be compared with those for all boys, but not with boys in other ethnic groups).

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Equipment / facilities availability and usage by gender and ethnicity – Years 7-10 NZ EUROPEAN BOYS 11-14 YEARS OLD

Places to walk in local neighbourhood Places to run or jog in local neighbourhood Places to ride a bike in local neighbourhood A bike (may be shared) Other equipment at home (e.g. bats, balls) Sports facilities at school (e.g. playing fields or courts) Sports facilities in your local neighbourhood (e.g. playing fields or courts)

NZ EUROPEAN GIRLS 11-14 YEARS OLD

No, not available %

Yes, but don’t use %

Yes, and I use %

No, not available %

Yes, but don’t use %

Yes, and I use %

10.2 8.0 10.2 17.4 9.3 5.7

36.7 38.5 27.4 21.6 18.2 26.5

53.1 53.5 62.4 61.0 72.5 67.8

11.5 10.0 14.0 21.3 12.9 4.0

28.6 34.4 31.8 22.5 16.2 28.9

59.9 55.6 54.2 56.2 70.9 67.1

20.1

27.2

52.7

22.4

31.5

46.1

MÀORI BOYS

Places to walk in local neighbourhood Places to run or jog in local neighbourhood Places to ride a bike in local neighbourhood A bike (may be shared) Other equipment at home (e.g. bats, balls) Sports facilities at school (e.g. playing fields or courts) Sports facilities in your local neighbourhood (e.g. playing fields or courts)

MÀORI GIRLS

No, not available %

Yes, but don’t use %

Yes, and I use %

No, not available %

Yes, but don’t use %

Yes, and I use %

18.2 17.9 15.9 30.3 16.9 9.7

32.5 31.8 32.0 21.9 18.9 30.2

49.3 50.2 52.1 47.8 64.2 60.0

14.9 20.5 16.0 27.2 16.2 13.3

30.4 35.7 37.8 27.2 20.6 27.7

54.7 43.8 46.2 45.6 63.2 59.0

21.8

27.3

50.9

27.2

32.2

40.6

PACIFIC BOYS Yes, but don’t use %

Yes, and I use %

17.9 15.3 20.0 29.3 15.5 10.8

40.6 36.6 36.7 29.1 29.4 33.4

41.6 48.1 43.4 41.6 55.0 55.8

19.7

32.5

47.9

No, not available % Places to walk in local neighbourhood Places to run or jog in local neighbourhood Places to ride a bike in local neighbourhood A bike (may be shared) Other equipment at home (e.g. bats, balls) Sports facilities at school (e.g. playing fields or courts) Sports facilities in your local neighbourhood (e.g. playing fields or courts)

PACIFIC GIRLS Yes, but don’t use %

Yes, and I use %

20.4 15.5 22.4 39.7 13.8 13.5

37.2 40.3 42.2 25.8 25.5 29.3

42.4 44.2 35.4 34.6 60.7 57.2

20.8

33.6

45.6

No, not available %

ASIAN BOYS Yes, but don’t use %

Yes, and I use %

15.7 16.8 24.5 26.9 12.7 8.4

44.2 45.0 34.5 26.4 17.5 31.0

40.1 38.3 41.0 46.7 69.8 60.6

27.6

27.2

45.2

No, not available % Places to walk in local neighbourhood Places to run or jog in local neighbourhood Places to ride a bike in local neighbourhood A bike (may be shared) Other equipment at home (e.g. bats, balls) Sports facilities at school (e.g. playing fields or courts) Sports facilities in your local neighbourhood (e.g. playing fields or courts)

ASIAN GIRLS

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Yes, but don’t use %

Yes, and I use %

12.7 13.7 22.1 25.7 13.0 8.7

36.9 45.7 37.7 31.5 22.7 41.4

50.4 40.5 40.2 42.8 64.3 50.0

30.5

41.3

28.2

No, not available %

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APPENDICES

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Appendix 1: About the survey and how time is calculated A1.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE SURVEY The Young People’s Survey is a nationwide, school-based survey. The survey collects information about participation in sport and recreation by 5 to 18-year-olds (note: a small number of 4-year-olds and 19-year-olds were surveyed, but, for ease of reading, the report and this appendix refer to 5 to 18-year-olds). Information was collected from parents of 5 to 6-year-olds, from students 7 to 18 years old, and from teachers (this includes class teachers and other staff such as Heads of PE and Sport who may be non-teaching staff). Six different, age-appropriate, self-complete survey forms were used. The national survey and Auckland booster sample covered all young people at school aged 5 to 18 years (the survey population), with the exception of: t Students at: the Correspondence School, Special Schools, Teen Parenting Units, Exclusive Brethren Schools and schools on the Chatham Islands.

Nationally these students account for about 2% of students, based on the Ministry of Education’s July 2010 figures (note: 2010 figures were used because the initial survey design occurred before 2011 figures were available). These students were excluded for practical reasons. Some Mäori students were excluded. Mäori students in mainstream schools were included, but those attending Kura Kaupapa, Kura Teina and some Mäori Medium schools were not surveyed. This excludes a further 1.3% of students (about 6% of Mäori students nationally). Overall, around 3% of students were excluded from the survey population in the national survey. Young people who are home-schooled were also excluded. It is difficult to calculate under-coverage for the Auckland survey, as the residence of Correspondence School students is unknown. It is likely to be between 1.1% and 2.3%, but probably closer to 1.1% if it is assumed that Correspondence School students live rurally and not in Auckland. This is lower than the 3% under-coverage for the national survey. This appendix describes briefly how the survey was carried out. Full details are in the Methodology Report available at: www.sportnz.org.nz/yps.

A1.2 HOW SCHOOLS, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WERE SELECTED FOR THE SURVEY The Young People’s Survey is a sample survey (using a stratified, simple random sampling design). A two-stage process was used to select the sample of students for the

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survey. The first stage was to select schools from a list of schools provided by the Ministry of Education (excluding the types of school listed above), and the second stage was to select classes within the chosen schools. SELECTION OF SCHOOLS To take account of school composition, class time available and the language ability of students, four survey forms were designed for four year-level groupings: t Years 1 and 2 (lower primary) t Years 3 to 6 (upper primary) t Years 7 to 10 (middle school) t Years 11 to 13 (senior secondary).

Schools were allocated to these four groups (which formed the principal groups or strata). Depending on the age range of students at a school, schools could be in one or more of these strata. To provide a regional spread of schools and include differentsized schools, schools within the year-level strata were grouped (or stratified) based on the region they were in and then within region by school size. Four regions were used for the region stratum based on regional council areas; Auckland, rest of the upper North Island, lower North Island and South Island) and three levels for school-level stratum; small, medium, and large. Auckland Council elected to increase their sample through the use of a “booster” sample, in order to provide more reliable estimates at both the regional and local level. This involved supplementing Auckland schools in the national sample with an additional sample obtained after the national sample. SELECTION OF CLASSES AND STUDENTS Classes were selected at random from each of the schools selected for the survey. Depending on the Year level and the size of the school, between one and five classes per school were selected. For Years 3 to 13, all students present in the class on the day scheduled for the survey were invited to take part. The survey was voluntary, and if students did not want to take part, they were given an alternative task to do while the other students completed the survey forms. For Years 1 and 2, class teachers asked students to take a survey form home for their parent / caregiver to complete. Some students were absent on the day of the survey (e.g. due to illness), and if class attendance was below an agreed threshold, the survey was rescheduled.

Schools were given a voucher to redeem for sports equipment as a thank you for their participation. Teachers who completed survey forms also were given a small thank you to acknowledge their contribution to the survey.

SELECTION OF TEACHERS Class teachers (of classes selected for the survey) completed the Years 1 to 6 survey form, answering questions about sport and recreation on behalf of their class and school. The Head of PE or Sport completed the Years 7 to 13 survey form, answering questions about sport and recreation on behalf of students in the different year levels in their school and their school as a whole.

The Methodology Report describes all the steps in implementing the survey and contains the key documents used for the survey.

A1.3 HOW THE SURVEY WAS CARRIED OUT

A1.4 AUCKLAND RESPONSE TO THE SURVEY

The survey was carried out in schools during 2011 during Term 3 (August to early October 2011). The survey was administered as follows:

In total, 195 Auckland schools and 8,274 students participated in the survey. Very few students did not agree to participate or did not complete sufficient questions for their form to be used.

Years 1 to 2 – survey forms were sent directly to the school by the research company assisting with the survey, and class teachers were asked to send these forms home with students to give to a parent / caregiver. Completed forms were returned to the class teacher in a sealed envelope and then sent back to the research company. Where a parent / caregiver had two children in the same class, they were asked to fill in the survey form for the oldest Year 1 or 2 child. Parents / caregivers were encouraged to complete the form with the child selected for the survey. The form was designed to take 15 minutes to complete Years 3 to 6 – trained survey staff went to schools at an appointed day / time and guided students in the selected class(es) through the survey form. This assistance was provided because the reading ability of some students in these years was insufficient for them to complete the form on their own. The form was designed to take 30 minutes to complete Years 7 to 10 – trained survey staff went to schools at an appointed day / time and either handed out a paper survey form for students to complete or set up the survey online. The form was designed to take 30 minutes to complete Years 11 to 13 – trained survey staff went to schools at an appointed day / time and either handed out a paper survey form for students to complete or set up the survey online. The form was designed to take 15 minutes to complete. A shorter form was designed for these students to minimise the time they were involved in the survey and so being away from their timetabled schoolwork. Very few Auckland students (89) completed the form online, as few schools had sufficient computers for all the students in a class to complete the survey at the same time. Students completed the forms under test conditions and handed completed forms back to the interviewer. Where feasible, plans were put in place to provide extra assistance for students who required more help. All students’, parents’ and teachers’ responses were anonymous and confidential. The survey forms are available at: www.sportnz.org.nz/yps. The topics in each of the six forms are listed in Appendix 2.

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Almost 7 out of 10 Auckland schools (68.0%) selected for the survey agreed to take part. Over 7 out of 10 (71.4%) students / parents selected for the survey took part. Along with the school response rate, this gives an overall response rate for the survey of 48.6%. The Auckland and national sample response rates are given below. Based on anecdotal evidence, differences between the response rates could be attributed to a number of factors: t The proportion of schools taking part in the survey was lower in Auckland than in the national sample: ƒ

Survey response rates in general are typically lower in Auckland and other urban areas, than in other parts of New Zealand

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Auckland schools tend to be very large, so coordinating classes for the survey is more difficult

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Auckland schools are often called upon to take part in surveys

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It took longer to recruit Auckland schools into the national sample. In addition to this, the Auckland booster sample was surveyed after the national sample. This meant that many Auckland schools were surveyed in the second half of Term 3, which is often a busy time of year (e.g. practice exams for senior students). However, data suggests that the impact of this was relatively small.

t The proportion of students taking part in Auckland was also lower: ƒ

This could be due to a higher proportion of students being absent on the day of the survey (through illness, other commitments, etc). AUCKLAND SAMPLE

NATIONAL SAMPLE

School response rate % of schools agreeing to take part in the survey

68.0%

81.7%

Student response rate % of students / parents agreeing to take part in the survey

71.4%

75.0%

Overall response rate

48.6%

61.3%

More information about how response rates are calculated is in the Methodology Report.

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The number of schools and students taking part in the Auckland survey in each of the four year levels was: Strata

Total number of participating schools1

Years 1-2

30

Students from National sample

Students from booster sample

Total number of participating students

362

189

551

Years 3-6

71

1,700

1,086

2,786

Years 7-10

90

1,689

1,515

3,204

Years 11-13

44

1,306

427

1,733

TOTAL

195

5,057

3,217

8,274

1. A single school can be in one or more strata.

A1.5 DATA ANALYSIS DATA PREPARATION AND WEIGHTING All of the responses from forms completed by students, parents and teachers were entered into the research company’s data capture software. The data were then checked and some preliminary work was carried out to prepare the data for analysis. Full details of this data preparation and checking stage are in the Methodology Report. A final stage before analysing the data is to adjust or weight the data for non-response. As not all schools and students (or their parents) chosen for the survey took part, some groups (based on age, gender and ethnicity) are under- or overrepresented in the survey responses. To account for this, the responses are adjusted, or weighted. The first stage of weighting adjusts for differences in sample selection that result from the sampling and the response of schools. The sample selection weights use the inverse of the probabilities of selection. If, for example, in the Auckland stratum for Years 1-2 classes in schools with up to 50 pupils, 12 schools out of 77 schools in this stratum were sampled, the selection weight for sampling such a school would be 77/12. However, some schools refused to participate and the achieved sample size for this stratum was 8: a response rate of 2/3. Therefore, the sample selection weight would be modified by adjusting for this response rate. That is, the modified sample selection weight would be: 77 x 3 or 77 12 2 8

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Further adjustments are made to take account of nonresponse at the class level and final, modified sample selection weights are created. The second stage of weighting involves calibrating the modified sampling selection weights using the Ministry of Education roll (for July 2011) so that the sample responses closely represent all students in the types of school surveyed in terms of region (i.e. the four regional strata), gender, age group and ethnicity. If, for example, Asian girls aged 5-9 years in the Auckland region were over-represented in the sample, but underrepresented in the South Island. The calibration ensures these students are in the correct proportions in the sample before the data are analysed. The Methodology Report describes these procedures in more detail and shows the calibration factors used. Table A.1 shows (for gender, age and ethnicity) the numbers and proportions of students who were interviewed (i.e. the unweighted sample) and the numbers and proportions following the weighting process.

Table A1: Profile of students in the sample participating in the survey: unweighted and weighted Students characteristics

Unweighted profile

Auckland sample All students

Weighted profile

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

8,274

100%

8,274

100%

1

AGE

BOYS

4,032

5 to 10-year-olds

1,562

39.0%

1,877.4

44.9%

11 to 14-year-olds

1,570

39.0%

1,331.9

31.9%

877

21.9%

971.0

23.2%

15 to 18-year-olds GIRLS

4,208

5 to 10-year-olds

1,507

4,204.3

4,035.1 36.0%

1,792.7

44.6%

11 to 14-year-olds

1,680

40.1%

1,284.6

31.9%

15 to 18-year-olds

1,004

24.0%

943.6

23.5%

2,214

55.2%

2,396.6

57.3%

ETHNICITY2 BOYS New Zealand European Mäori

604

15.1%

627.7

15.0%

Pacific

1,106

27.6%

1,002.5

24.0%

Asian

751

18.7%

848.0

20.3%

Other ethnicities

85

2.1%

115.5

2.8%

2,267

54.2%

2,345.6

58.5%

GIRLS New Zealand European

x

Mäori

686

16.4%

599.5

14.9%

Pacific

1,187

28.4%

1,022.1

25.5%

Asian

905

21.6%

795.4

19.8%

Other ethnicities

100

2.4%

121.4

3.0%

1. A small number of 4-year-olds and 19-year-olds took part in the survey, but, for ease of reading, the report refers to 5 to 18-year-olds. The sum of the three age categories for boys and girls is less than the respective totals because some students did not provide their age and / or gender. 2. Students could identify with one or more ethnic groups, and so the sum of the five categories for boys and girls is greater than the respective totals.

The results from the survey are in a series of data tables. Responses to the survey questions are analysed by different student and other characteristics. The Methodology Report describes these student and other characteristics. Results are presented as percentages and averages. Where appropriate, an estimate of the number of participants is included. These estimates are derived from the numbers of students in the Ministry of Education’s July 2011 roll. Figures are rounded to the nearest thousand. See also Reader Note 2, Appendix 5 for information about the participant estimates for activities that were included in the Years 7 to 13 forms but not the Years 1 to 6 forms.

A1.6 HOW TIME IS CALCULATED Section 6 of the report describes the amount of time young people spent taking part in sport and recreation. One of the reasons this information was collected was to provide a baseline for Sport NZ’s strategic measure – 80% of schoolaged children participating in organised sport and recreation for at least three hours a week. Information was collected about the time spent on sport and recreation in other

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contexts, for example, when young people were taking part informally, described as “mucking around”.

WHAT INFORMATION WAS COLLECTED AND HOW? To estimate the time spent on sport and recreation in these different contexts, working definitions were adopted and used to develop questions that students and teachers could understand and answer. Information was collected from students about the time they spent on a normal day (for each day of the week) taking part in sport and recreation: t At training or practice with a coach or taking part in competitions t Doing extra training or practice without a coach (like running to get fit) – note: this was asked only of Years 7 to 13 students t Doing sport and active things when “mucking around” with friends, family or on their own.

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The questions were asked about each day of the week to make the questions easy for students to answer. The time for each day was summed to provide an estimate for the week (note: the questions were not designed to provide estimates for the individual days of the week). Information also was collected about the time spent taking part in active PE. The term active PE was used to exclude time students spent getting ready for PE classes and other time spent being inactive, for example, when being taught theory in PE classes. The information about the time spent on active PE was collected in two ways: t For Years 1 to 10, when PE is compulsory, information was collected from both students (or parents of the Years 1-2 children) and from a class teacher / Head of PE or Sport t For Years 11 to 13, when PE is not compulsory, information was collected from students.

Students (or their parents) in Years 1 to 10 were asked if they had participated (or would be participating) in active PE during the current week – “this week” and the estimate of time spent on active PE provided by the teachers was added to the student’s data record only if they said “Yes”. Active PE was described as active, compulsory PE / Fitness / Sport for Years 1 to 6 students, and active, compulsory PE / Fitness for Years 7 to 13 students (the survey form completed by teachers of Years 7 to 13 students asked about active, compulsory curriculum sport, but this time was not included in the estimates because of potential overlap with the students’ answers about the time spent “at training or practice with a coach or taking part in competitions” and the potential for double counting). The questions asked of students and teachers are in the survey forms available at: www.sportnz.org.nz/yps. Teachers provided estimates of time in minutes, while students responded to categories, for example, about 15 minutes, with the upper category capped at “three or more hours” to limit the number of response categories. Students’ responses were converted to a single figure by taking the midpoint of each category (the “three or more hours” category was given a value of 150 minutes). The approach taken was a conservative one, as there is evidence that young people tend to over-estimate the time they spend on sport, recreation and physical activity. We acknowledge this approach may underestimate time for some students.

CALCULATION OF TIME MEASURES Three main measures were calculated:

1

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Time spent taking part in organised sport (sport is used here in broadest sense and includes active recreation), which sums the time spent:

2

Time spent on sport and recreation when “mucking around” with friends, family or on their own

3

Time spent on sport and recreation when the time spent on organised sport and “mucking around” is combined.

Results are shown in terms of the percentage of students spending:

1

Three or more hours a week

2

Less than three hours a week

3

No time.

LIMITATIONS OF THE APPROACH Readers should note that the approach for calculating time was designed to provide broad estimates of the time spent on sport and recreation in different contexts and to provide measures from this first, baseline survey and subsequent surveys. The approach does not provide precise information of the time spent by young people on sport and recreation. Other methods would need to be used to provide precise measures. For this reason, actual amounts of time are not reported. Readers also should note that information about active PE was collected to be one component of our working definition of organised sport and not to provide a separate estimate of the time spent on active PE. Readers also should note that time spent on sport and recreation was calculated for a student only if all the information required for the calculation was provided. As information was sourced from a number of questions, the number of missing responses for the time estimates was higher than for other questions. The number of missing responses was compounded as the different time estimates were added together. Missing responses formed: 7.4% of the total responses for time spent “mucking around”; 16.5% of the responses for time spent on organised sport; and, 19.2% of responses for combined time (note: for combined time, estimates are based on almost 7,000 complete responses). The Methodology Report has more information about how time was collected and estimated.

Appendix 2: Survey topics in the Young People’s Survey A2.1 SURVEY FORMS AND TOPICS Survey forms and methods suitable for different age groups were used. The forms are on the Sport NZ website www.sportnz.org.nz/yps. STUDENT SURVEY FORMS Students in Years 3 to 13 completed the forms themselves. Parents / caregivers of students in Years 1 and 2 (mostly 5 and 6-years-olds) completed the forms for this age group. The topics students answered questions about varied with their age and the time that classes were available for the survey, and these are shown below. The survey collected information about sport and recreation in its broadest sense, from casual games and activities (described as “mucking around”) to organised competitions. It also collected information about involvement in events and outdoor recreation activities provided by schools. To make the survey easy for students of all ages to understand, the questions asked about sport and “active things”. When simpler wording was needed to aid understanding, questions were asked about “sport”.

STAFF SURVEY FORMS The table below shows the main topics included in the staff survey forms. The same topics were included in both survey forms, although the wording of some questions differed according to the age of the students and the way that PE / Fitness / Sport is delivered at the different Year levels by schools.

Years 1-6

Years 7-1

O

O

O ·

O

Outdoor recreation activities provided / scheduled for 2011

O

O

Changes in outdoor recreation opportunities compared with previous two years

O

O

Organisations giving support to school to provide sport and active recreation

O

O

Links with clubs for different types of sport and active recreation

O

O

Importance of extra-curricular sport to school ethos

O

O

Sport and active recreation that they would like to offer students that they don’t currently

O

O

Quality of on-site sport / recreation facilities

O

O

Quality of off-site sport / recreation facilities

O

O

Other comments about sport and active recreation at their school

O

O

Topics Year level of students at school surveyed Compulsory curriculum time in PE / Fitness / Sport by Year level

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The table below shows the topics included in each of the student forms.

Years 1-2

Years 3-6

Years 7-10

Years 11-13

Gender, age, year level, ethnicity

O

O

O

O

Relationship to child selected for the survey

O

Frequency of sport and active things done this year

O

O

O

O

Topics

Types of sport and active things done this year: t Organised by a school in PE / fitness

O

t Organised by a school but not in class time (e.g. playing with sports teams and in competitions)

O

O

t Organised by clubs outside of school

O

O

t Organised by other community groups (e.g. youth or church group)

O

t Done in an informal setting (i.e. mucking around with friends, family or on own)

O

O

Time spent on sport and active things each week: In an informal setting – “mucking around” with friends, family or on own

O

O

O

O

t At training or practice with a coach or taking part in competitions

O

O

O

O

O

O

t While doing extra training or practice without a coach (like running to get fit) Whether or not mostly do active or inactive sport and recreation outside of school and at weekends

O

O

O

O

Participation in PE / Fitness this week

O

O

O

O

Belonging to a sports club outside of school this year

O

O

O

O

Belonging to a sports team at school this year

O

O

O

O

Having a coach or instructor this year

O

O

O

O

O

O

O

O

O

O

Volunteering in sport and active recreation this year Participation in one-off sports events this year

O

O

Highest level of sport played this year Sports or active recreation they would like to try or do more of

O

O

O

O

Whether or not like playing sport

O

O

O

O

Extent to which support others to do sport / active things

O

O

Extent to which friends, parents / caregivers / teachers support the student to do sport / active things

O

O

Parents / caregivers’ participation in sport

O

Parents / caregivers’ participation in coaching

O

People who influence decisions on sport and active things

O

Self-assessment of sporting skills and attitudes towards sports

O

If and when they would like to play more sport (e.g. after school)

O

Things that would prompt them to play sport more Frequency of watching sport in different settings (e.g. on TV, at sports events)

O

Availability of sport and active recreation facilities in their neighbourhood / at their school

O

Ownership and use of a bike

O

Parents / caregivers’ views about the amount of time their child’s school gives to sport / active things

O

O

O

O

O

O

O O

Note: while the same topic may have been asked in more than one survey form, the questions or answer options varied between forms so that the questions / responses were age-appropriate.

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Appendix 3: Time spent taking part in organised sport by gender and age The charts in Section 6.4 show the time spent participating in organised sport by boys and girls in three age groups: 7-10, 11-14, and 15-18 years. Grouping young people in this way masks some of the differences that are evident when the results are analysed for students of each individual age, as the chart below shows.

Time spent participating in three or more hours of organised sport and recreation in a normal week

% 100

Boys

Girls

90

80 74.4

70

67.4

68.0

66.8

66.6

67.4 63.5

60

57.2

70.4

69.4 64.7

70.1

63.4 58.9

57.0

58.5

57.9 53.2

50.4

50.5

50 41.0

39.9

40 34.9

30

27.0

20

10

0

7 years

8 years

9 years

10 years

11 years

12 years

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13 years

14 years

15 years

16 years

17 years

18 years

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Appendix 4: Participation and interest in sport and recreation activities – full sport and activity lists A4.1 PARTICIPATION – FULL LIST OF ACTIVITIES MENTIONED The following list shows all of the sports and active things that Auckland young people said they had taken part in “this year”. This includes the list of sports / activities in the survey forms (in bold type; an additional * indicates activities listed only in the Years 7 to 13 forms) and the sports / activities that young people wrote down when they were asked if they had done any other sports or active things. This list excludes events and outdoor pursuit courses, as the question was about individual sports and activities. READERS SHOULD NOTE THAT: t “Other” sports / activities young people wrote down could be reclassified as a listed activity. For example, discus, high jump and hurdles were all coded as athletics t Some activities were mentioned by a very small number of young people and these were grouped into “other” categories, rather than being coded separately. For example, the “other snow sports / activities” includes snow sports (unspecified), snow team, snow planet, snow activities, slalom, snow scootering / biking and snowmobile t Further grouping of sports / activities mentioned by small numbers of students was carried out before the responses were analysed. The Methodology Report shows this additional grouping. Young people also wrote down some activities that were not judged to be physically active (e.g. computer games) or there was uncertainty if they were sports or “active things”. These were not included in the analysis.

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Abseiling Adventure racing* AFL, Aussie Rules Aqua jogging / walking Archery Athletics, track and field Badminton* Ball skills (includes catching, throwing, kicking, hitting) Baseball Basketball, mini-ball (includes shooting hoops) Bodyboarding (not surfing) Bowling unspecified Bowls (outdoor) Boxing Bungee jumping Canoe polo Canoeing, kayaking* Car racing Cricket Croquet Cross-trainer, treadmill, exercycle Curling Cycling, biking (not mountain biking) Dance (e.g. ballet, b-boy, b-girl) Darts Dirt-bike riding Diving unspecified Dragon boating Equestrian Exercise, physical activity unspecified Fastball Fencing Fishing Fitness Football, soccer, futsal Free running, parkour Games (e.g. four square, tag) / play activities Go-karts, drift karts Golf* Gridiron, American Football

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