Children's Participation in Culture and Sport

DescriptionIn order to provide a picture of children’s participation in culture and sport and to complement findings on adult participation from the Scottish Household Survey (SHS), the Scottish Government commissioned Ipsos MORI to conduct research among young people in Scotlanbd using Ipsos MORI Scotland’s Schools Omnibus, an annual survey of secondary school pupils
ISBN9780755971725
Official Print Publication DateSeptember 2008
Website Publication DateSeptember 09, 2008

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Vickie Chamberlain, Kate Sewel and Simon Braunholtz, IpsosMORI

ISBN 978 0 7559 7172 5 (Web only publication)

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CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 2: PARTICIPATION IN CULTURAL ACTIVITIES
OUTSIDE SCHOOL
INSIDE SCHOOL

CHAPTER 3: ATTENDANCE AT CULTURAL AND SPORTS EVENTS
OUTSIDE SCHOOL
INSIDE SCHOOL

CHAPTER 4: PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
OUTSIDE SCHOOL
INSIDE SCHOOL

CHAPTER 5: VOLUNTEERING

CHAPTER 6: CONCLUSIONS

APPENDIX A: GUIDE TO STATISTICAL RELIABILITY
APPENDIX B: SAMPLE PROFILE
APPENDIX C: SCOTTISH INDEX OF MULTIPLE DEPRIVATION
APPENDIX D: AREA CLASSIFICATIONS

LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES

CHAPTER 2
TABLE 2.1: FREQUENCY OF LIBRARY USAGE
FIGURE 2.1: REASONS FOR LIBRARY USAGE
TABLE 2.2: FREQUENCY OF VISITS TO HISTORICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES
FIGURE 2.2: REASONS FOR VISIT TO HISTORICAL OR ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
TABLE 2.3: FREQUENCY OF VISITS TO MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES
FIGURE 2.3: REASONS FOR VISIT TO MUSEUM OR GALLERY
FIGURE 2.4: NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL IN THE LAST YEAR
TABLE 2.4: PARTICIPATION IN ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL
TABLE 2.5: PARTICIPATION IN ACTIVITIES AT SCHOOL
FIGURE 2.5: NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES DONE WHILST IN SCHOOL
TABLE 2.6: PARTICIPATION IN ACTIVITIES AT SCHOOL: AGE WITHIN GENDER

CHAPTER 3
TABLE 3.1: EVENTS BEEN TO OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL TIME
FIGURE 3.1: NUMBER OF EVENTS BEEN TO IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, EXCLUDING SCHOOL TRIPS
TABLE 3.2: ATTENDING EVENTS AS PART OF A SCHOOL TRIP

CHAPTER 4
TABLE 4.1: PROPORTION OF YOUNG PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN SPORT OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL, AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK
TABLE 4.2: NUMBER OF CLUB MEMBERSHIPS
FIGURE 4.1: MEMBERSHIP OF CLUBS BY GENDER
TABLE 4.3: AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT DOING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL
FIGURE 4.2: MEAN NUMBER OF MINUTES SPENT TAKING PART IN SPORT OR PHYSICAL RECREATION OUTSIDE OF PE LESSONS IN A TYPICAL WEEK
TABLE 4.4: REASONS FOR NOT PARTICIPATING IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
TABLE 4.5: AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT IN PE CLASSES IN SCHOOL
FIGURE 4.3: MEAN NUMBER OF MINUTES SPENT TAKING PART IN PE CLASSES IN SCHOOL IN A TYPICAL WEEK
TABLE 4.6: AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT DOING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ORGANISED THROUGH SCHOOL, BUT OUTSIDE OF PE CLASS TIME
FIGURE 4.4: MEAN NUMBER OF MINUTES SPENT TAKING PART IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ORGANISED THROUGH SCHOOL BUT OUTSIDE OF PE CLASSES IN A TYPICAL WEEK

CHAPTER 5
TABLE 5.1: TYPES OF VOLUNTEERING ACTIVITY UNDERTAKEN

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

It is clear that schools are increasingly working under great pressure from a number of different sources. They also receive numerous requests to participate in research studies. Consequently, we wish to record our gratitude to the 50 schools and 2,221 pupils who took part in the survey. IpsosMORI Scotland would also like to thank in particular Janet Ruiz at the Scottish Government for her help and advice in developing this project.

The views expressed in this report are those of the researcher and
do not necessarily represent those of the Department or Scottish Ministers.

This report is available on the Scottish Government Social Research website only
www.scotland.gov.uk/socialresearch.

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