Active Lives Adult Survey - November 2018/19 Report
- Date Published
- Apr 2020
- Publisher(s)
- Sport England
- Document Type
- Report
- More Info
- https://sportengland-production-files.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/2020-04/Active%20Lives%20Adult%20November%2018-19%20Report..pdf?BhkAy2K28pd9bDEz_NuisHl2ppuqJtpZ
- Themes
- Health & Wellbeing*, Physical Activity, Social & Community*, Under Represented Groups*, Workforce*
- Sub Themes
- Mental Health, Physical Health, Deprivation, Ethnically Diverse Communities, Disability, Lower socio-economic groups, Females, Volunteering
- Geographic Area
- National
- Lifestages
- Adults, Older Adults
- Sport / Activity
- Mental Health
This report provides a comprehensive overview of adult (age 16+) sport and physical activity in England in the 12 months from November 2018 - November 2019. It also highlights the contribution made by volunteers, and the impact of taking part in sport and physical activity on wider outcomes.
The November 2018/19 national results show that:
- 28.6 million adults were active – i.e. doing at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity a week. This accounts for 63.3% of the nation's population and is up 404,600 people on the previous 12 months.
- There were 159,500 fewer inactive people – those not doing at least 30 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity a week – than the previous 12 months.
- The report shows the increase in activity is being driven by rises in the numbers of women, adults aged 55+ and disabled people or people with long-term health conditions being active.
- Also, for the first time the report shows information relating to people's perceived loneliness and its link to physical activity, with those both volunteering and playing sport being less likely to feel lonely and reporting higher levels of happiness.
- However, the results show inequalities linked to ethnicity and affluence do remain, with those from ethnic backgrounds and people in lower socio-economic groups less likely to be active.
The report contains links to the data tables.
