Who are affected by recreation?
Many people, young and old, are affected by recreation and leisure in different ways. Some people participate more than others because of their circumstances, such as:
Birth Place
It is more likely People born in Australia (67%) to participate in sport and physical recreation than those born in other countries (59%). While the participation rates were similar for males and females born in Australia (68% and 67%) and overseas in main English-speaking countries (69% and 70%), the rate for males born overseas, not in a main English-speaking countries, was significantly higher than that of females (58% and 47%).
Employment
There was a big difference in the participation rates between those who were employed (70%) and those unemployed (64%). Participation rates in sport and physical recreation were similar for those employed full-time (70%) and those who were employed part-time (71%). Just over half of those aged 15 years and over who were not in the labour force (55%) reported participating in sport and physical recreation in the 12 month period prior to interview. Family Circumstances People living in couple households with dependent children were more likely to participate in sport and physical recreation (68%) than those in one parent households with dependent children (63%) and lone person households (61%). |
Education
Participation rates for sport and physical recreation were similar for those whose highest educational attainment was a Postgraduate degree (79%), Graduate diploma or graduate certificate (82%) and Bachelor degree (78%). The lowest participation rate was reported by people whose highest educational attainment was year 10 or below (48%). HOUSEHOLD INCOME Participation rates generally increased as household income increased. People whose weekly household income was in the highest quintile reported a participation rate of 81%, whereas the rate for people in the lowest quintile was 48%. |
Who needs to be involved?
To have a healthy happy lifestyle you need to do at least 150 to 300 minutes a week of various aerobic and anaerobic exercises. So in short everyone needs to be involved in some sort of recreational activity. However some people are not participating in as much exercise as they should, this may be due to a lot of different factors such as age, gender, ability, money, time and other family or friend related commitments. So as shown in the graph earlier, older people over the age of 65 need to be involved more, but it seems to be that as the age increases the amount of recreational activities does too. Perhaps we need to promote recreation and it importance to older generations as well providing better, more elderly friendly facilities.
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