Keeping Them in the Game: Taking Up and Dropping Out of Sport and Exercise in Ireland
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Pete Lunn, Elish Kelly, Nick Fitzpatrick, Keeping Them in the Game: Taking Up and Dropping Out of Sport and Exercise in Ireland, Dublin, ESRI, December, 2013Download Item:
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Abstract:
This report presents the most comprehensive statistical analysis of active
participation in sport and physical exercise in Ireland undertaken to date. We
employ three large, nationally representative datasets, which together
contain information on the participation of people in Ireland from the last years of
primary school through to old age. The research takes as its starting point that
the predominant concern for society and, hence, for sports policy, is to increase
the proportion of the population who engage in regular sport and physical
exercise. This presumption is based on compelling evidence
that
low levels of
physical activity increase the likelihood of developing serious degenerative
diseases, including heart disease and various cancers. While participation in sport
also makes a significant social and cultural contribution to society, improving
physical and mental wellbeing is the primary motivation for participants and
increasing the numbers who participate is a public
health goal.
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PUBLISHEDDublin
Author: LUNN, PETE; KELLY, ELISH
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