The Active People Survey provides by far the largest sample size ever established for a sport and recreation survey and will allow levels of detailed analysis previously unavailable. It identifies how participation varies from place to place and between different groups in the population. The survey also measures; the proportion of the adult population that volunteer in sport on a weekly basis, club membership, involvement in organised sport/competition, receipt of tuition or coaching, and overall satisfaction with levels of sporting provision in the local community. The questionnaire was designed to enable analysis of the findings by a broad range of demographic information, such as gender, social class, ethnicity, household structure, age and disability.
The first year of the survey, Active People Survey 1, was conducted between October 2005 and October 2006, Due to the huge success of the Active People Survey 2005/6, Sport England is repeating the Active People Survey, and it is now a continuous annual survey, until October 2010. The second year of the survey, Active People Survey 2, commenced on 15 October 2007 and was completed on 14 October 2008. Active People Survey 3 (2008/9) commenced on 15 October 2008 and will run for 12 months until mid October 2009. More on Active people
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Active People 1:
The Active People Survey, conducted by Ipsos MORI on behalf of Sport England, started on the 15th October 2005 and was completed on 16th October 2006. More on Active people 1
The following sub sections gives some information covered by the survey.
PRO-ACTIVE East London Data:
PRO-ACTIVE East London (3 x 30) Estimates by Middle Super Output Area (MSOA)
| AP1 PAEL overview |
| SAE Pro-Active East |
London CSPs:
London PRO-ACTIVEs (3 x 30) Estimates by Middle Super Output Area (MSOA)
| SAE_Pro-Active centre |
| SAE_Pro-Active North |
| SAE_Pro-Active South |
| SAE_Pro-Active West |
Borough specific:
| Borough |
Data |
| Barking and Dageham |
AP1 Overview
Sport England Profile
3x30 participation by SOA
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| Bexley |
AP1 Overview
Sport England Profile.bexley
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| City of England |
AP1 Overview
Sport England Profile
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| Greenwich |
AP1 Overview
Sport England Profile
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| Hackney |
AP1 Overview
Sport England Profile
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| Havering |
AP1 Overview
Sport England Profile
3x30 participation by SOA
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| Lewisham |
AP1 Overview
Sport England Profile
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| Newham |
AP1 Overview
Sport England Profile
3x30 participation by MSOA
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| Redbridge |
AP1 Overview
Sport England Profile
3x30 participation by MSOA
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| Tower Hamlets |
AP1 Overview
Sport England Profile
3x30 paticipation by MSOA
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Active People 2:
Due to the overwhelming success of the 2005/6 Active People Survey, (Active People Survey 1) the survey has been repeated. In line with Active People Survey 1, interviewing for the 2007/8 Active People Survey (Active People Survey 2) started on 15 October 2007 and was completed on 14 October 2008. About Active people 2
Active People Survey 2 was conducted between Oct 2007 and Oct 2008, and involved interviewing 191,00 adults (age 16 and over) in England, a minimum of 500 adults in every local authority.
Results are in excel format and available at local authority, county council and county sport partnership level. Results highlight any statistically significant changes from 2005/6 (Active People Survey 1) and 2007/8 (Active People Survey 2).More on Active People 2
| Description |
Documents |
| This document explains the key differences between Active People 1 and Active People 2 |
Key Differences between AP1 and AP2 |
| This document discusses the confidence intervals and statistical significance within the Active People Survey |
Active People confidence intervals |
| A summary of sport participation indicators |
Sport participation indicators |
The following sub sections gives more information covered by the survey.
London
| Description |
Documents |
| This document outlines the London facts for Active People 2 |
London factsheet |
| KPIs 1-6. Regional |
 KPIs 1-6 |
| The sports participation million indicator measures the number of adults (aged 16 and over) participating in at least 30 minutes of sport at moderate intensity at least three times a week. This document displays those statistics |
million-Regional |
| This map shows the percentage of people participating in no occasions of sport and or physical activity per week. |
 Percentage of adults participating in 0x30 map |
| Map to show the percentage of people participating in at least 5 x 30 minute occasions of sport and or physical activity per week. |
Percentage of adults participating in 5x30 map |
N18
NI8 is the national indicator for adult sport and active recreation, and will be measured by Sport England’s Active People Survey. NI8 is the percentage of the adult population (age 16 years and over) in a local area who participate in sport and active recreation, at moderate intensity, for at least 30 minutes on at least 12 days out of the last 4 weeks (equivalent to 30 minutes on 3 or more days a week). read more in document below.
| Notes about N18 |
Statistics on the percentage of the adult (age 16 and over) population in a local area who participate in sport and active recreation, at moderate intensity, for at least 30 minutes on at least 12 days out of the last 4 weeks (equivalent to 30 minutes on 3 or more days a week).
| National Indicator 8 -LA&CC |
Local Authority Data
Local Authority statistics for:
KPI 1 Participation is defined as taking part on at least 3 days a week in moderate intensity sport and active recreation (at least 12 days in the last 4 weeks) for at least 30 minutes continuously in any one session. Participation includes recreational walking and cycling. See Briefing note http://www.sportengland.org/index/active_people_2, for more information about KPI participation indicators
KPI 2 Volunteering is defined as ‘Volunteering to support sport for at least one hour a week’.
KPI 3 Club membership is defined as ‘being a member of a club particularly so that you can participate in sport or recreational activity in the last 4 weeks’.
KPI 4 Receiving tuition is defined as ‘having received tuition from an instructor or coach to improve your performance in any sport or recreational activity in the last 12 months’.
KPI 5 Organised Competition is defined as ‘having taken part in any organised competition in any sport or recreational activity in the last 12 months’.
KPI 6 Satisfaction is the percentage of adults who are very or fairly satisfied with sports provision in their local area.
| KPIs 1to 6 -LA |
County Sports Partnership
CSP statistics for:
KPI 1 Participation is defined as taking part on at least 3 days a week in moderate intensity sport and active recreation (at least 12 days in the last 4 weeks) for at least 30 minutes continuously in any one session. Participation includes recreational walking and cycling. See Briefing note http://www.sportengland.org/index/active_people_2, for more information about KPI participation indicators
KPI 2 Volunteering is defined as ‘Volunteering to support sport for at least one hour a week’.
KPI 3 Club membership is defined as ‘being a member of a club particularly so that you can participate in sport or recreational activity in the last 4 weeks’.
KPI 4 Receiving tuition is defined as ‘having received tuition from an instructor or coach to improve your performance in any sport or recreational activity in the last 12 months’.
KPI 5 Organised Competition is defined as ‘having taken part in any organised competition in any sport or recreational activity in the last 12 months’.
KPI 6 Satisfaction is the percentage of adults who are very or fairly satisfied with sports provision in their local area.
| KPIs 1 to 6-CSP |
Active people Diagnostic
The Active People diagnostic allows users to access in depth data about their Borough. Users must register first.
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