Hello fatha and thank you for the question.
The perfect document for you is:
"Women’s participation in sport Fact sheet" "© Sport England 2002"
Table 1: Sports, games and physical activities - participation rates
by sex
(a). participation rates in the four weeks before interview (% of
population)
(b). participation rates in the 12 months before interview (% of
population)
Adults aged 16+ (GB)
Active sports, games and physical activities
(a). (b).
Men Women Total Men Women Total
Walking* 49.0 40.8 44.5 73.1 64.1 68.2
Any swimming 12.7 16.5 14.8 37.4 41.4 39.6
Swimming: indoor 10.6 14.6 12.8 32.5 37.4 35.1
Swimming: outdoor 3.0 2.9 2.9 16.6 13.5 14.9
Keep fit/yoga 6.8 16.9 12.3 10.4 29.4 20.7
Snooker/pool/billiards 19.6 4.3 11.3 32.6 7.9 19.2
Cycling 14.8 7.8 11.0 27.4 16.3 21.4
Weight training 8.7 2.9 5.6 14.2 6.1 9.8
Any soccer 10.0 0.4 4.8 17.5 0.8 8.5
Soccer: outdoor 7.8 0.3 3.8 14.3 0.6 6.9
Soccer: indoor 4.5 0.1 2.1 10.0 0.4 4.8
Golf 8.3 1.6 4.7 18.8 4.4 11.0
Running (jogging etc) 7.2 2.3 4.5 12.0 4.7 8.0
Darts* … … … 14.2 3.9 8.6
Tenpin bowls/skittles 3.9 2.9 3.4 18.1 13.3 15.5
Badminton 2.8 2.0 2.4 8.1 6.0 7.0
Tennis 2.4 1.7 2.0 8.8 5.7 7.1
Any bowls 2.5 1.3 1.9 6.4 3.1 4.6
Carpet bowls 1.4 0.9 1.1 4.0 2.2 3.0
Lawn bowls 1.3 0.5 0.9 4.2 1.6 2.8
Fishing 3.4 0.3 1.7 10.3 1.1 5.3
Table tennis 2.3 0.9 1.5 7.4 3.5 5.3
Squash 2.2 0.5 1.3 6.6 2.0 4.1
Weight lifting 2.1 0.6 1.3 4.1 1.4 2.6
Horse riding 0.4 1.5 1.0 1.8 4.1 3.0
Cricket 1.7 0.1 0.9 6.8 0.4 3.3
Shooting 1.6 0.1 0.8 5.2 0.7 2.8
Self defence 1.2 0.3 0.7 2.9 0.8 1.7
Climbing 1.1 0.3 0.7 3.7 1.5 2.5
Basketball 1.2 0.2 0.6 3.5 0.7 2.0
Rugby 1.2 * 0.6 2.7 0.1 1.3
Ice skating 0.4 0.7 0.6 3.0 3.4 3.2
Netball 0.1 0.8 0.5 0.3 2.3 1.4
Sailing 0.6 0.2 0.4 3.3 1.4 2.3
Motor sports 0.8 0.1 0.4 3.1 0.3 1.6
Canoeing 0.5 0.3 0.4 2.4 0.9 1.6
Hockey 0.4 0.3 0.3 1.2 1.0 1.1
Skiing 0.5 0.2 0.3 3.2 2.1 2.6
Athletics-track
and field 0.3 0.1 0.2 1.9 0.6 1.2
Gymnastics 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.7 0.7
Windsurfing &
boardsailing 0.3 0.1 0.2 1.8 0.6 1.1
At least one activity
(exc. walking) 54.0 38.5 45.6 72.5 60.4 65.9
At least one activity 70.9 57.5 63.6 86.5 77.0 81.4
Base (all adults) 7186 8510 15696 7186 8510 15696
Source: 1996 General Household Survey (The Office for National
Statistics)
* Walking is defined as a walk or hike of two miles or more
http://www.sportengland.org/resources/pdfs/publicat_pdfs/Women%27s_participation_fact%20sheet.pdf
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"According to the latest participation data available from the General
Household Survey (GHS, 1996), 77% of adult women (aged 16+) take part
in sport at least once a year and 56% take part at least once a month.
This
equates to about 15 million women in England taking part in sport on
at
least an infrequent basis and 11 million taking part on a more
frequent
basis.
The most popular activity for women is walking with 41% going for a
walk
or hike of at least 2 miles for pleasure each month. Excluding walking
from
the participation rates above shows that 60% of women take part in
sport
on an infrequent basis (12 million women in England) and 38% take part
on
a frequent basis (7.5 million)"
"Which sporting activities do women take part in?
Apart from walking, women are most likely to take part in keep
fit/yoga
(17%), swimming (17%) and cycling (8%) on a regular basis (i.e. at
least
once a month). For men, the most popular activities (excluding
walking)
were cue sports (20%), cycling (15%) and swimming (13%) Men have
higher participation rates than women in all activities with the
exception of
swimming, keep fit/yoga, horse riding, ice skating and netball."
"How has women’s participation changed over the past 10 years?
Women’s participation in sport has risen since 1987 whilst men’s
participation has fallen. Excluding walking, women’s participation
increased by four percentage points to 38% between 1987 and 1996. In
contrast, men’s participation fell by 3 percentage points over the
same
period to 54% in 1996.
Walking became increasingly popular between 1987 and 1996, with 41% of
women having walked or hiked at least two miles for pleasure in the
previous 4 weeks in 1996 compared with 35% in 1987. Other sports to
see
an increase in popularity amongst women over the same period were
indoor swimming (from 11% to 15%) and keep fit/yoga (from 12% to
17%)."
"According to the GHS, the most popular location for participation
amongst
adult women is at an indoor sports facility where 23% take part in
sport at
least once a month. Nine per cent take part in another indoor venue
(such
as a church hall, community centre, or village hall) whilst 6% take
part at
home. Five per cent take part at an outdoor facility such as a court,
course,
pitch, playing field or pool.
Ten per cent of women are members of a club so that they can take part
in
sport as are 35% of girls. Club membership for males is, however,
higher
with 22% of men and 44% of boys members of a club where they take part
in sport."
http://www.sportengland.org/resources/pdfs/publicat_pdfs/Women%27s_participation_fact%20sheet.pdf
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You can also see the following documents at "The Office for National
Statistics" website by clicking on this link:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/CCI/Nscl.asp?ID=7863&Pos=1&ColRank=1&Rank=160
"Participation in selected sports: by sex, 2000-01: Social Trends 33"
"Top ten sports participated in by young people outside lessons: by
gender, 1999: Social Trends 32"
"Participation in selected sports, games and physical activities: by
gender, 1996-97: Social Trends 31"
"Time spent participating in sports and exercise: by gender and age,
1998: Social Trends 31"
"Participation in the most popular sports, games and physical
activities: by gender and age, 1996-97: Social Trends 30"
"Participation in the top ten sports, games and physical activities:
by socio-economic group, 1996-97: Social Trends 32"
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September 2002
"Women: women are a highly under-represented group in terms of
participation. Only 58% of adult (aged 16+) women participate
regularly2 in sport (compared to 71% of adult men); and only 10% are
members of a club for the purpose of doing sport/physical activity
(compared to 22% of men). Some current policies are attempting to
address this.3 Women from lower socio-economic groups are also the
most likely to be obese."
http://www.strategy.gov.uk/2002/sport/report/04.htm
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"Sanderson also mentioned the fact that the gap between men and women
in certain sports, such as athletics, is getting smaller as women are
becoming increasingly better athletes"
http://www.jour.city.ac.uk/cityzine/Sports_women.html
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"Both physiological and sociological factors have influenced women's
participation in sport at all levels. Before then age of 11, boys and
girls can compete on equal terms, it is not until after adolescent
development that anatomical difference make equal competition between
the sexes harder to achieve. These differences are exemplified in bone
structure and muscle development.
In terms of performance, the difference between mens and womens
records has become less. Women's performances have radically improved.
Also, it is now socially acceptable for women to train and devote a
great deal of their life to sport. By having greater access to
training facilities and improved training methods, women over the last
two decades have been able to attain a higher level of performance.."
http://www.physicaleducation.co.uk/gcsefiles/Women__in__Sport.htm
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An interesting book:
"'Sporting Females' by Jennifer Hargreaves considers the history and
sociology of females sports participation. Hargreaves writes a section
on theories that have been applied to sport and how these have been
applied (if at all ) to women and sport. Then, she charts the history
of female participation in sport from Victorian to modern times
followed by in-depth considerations of issues involving women's
sporting participation including gender relations, femininity, gender
stereotyping and the media representation of women in sport. This is
an excellent in depth look at women's sport of interest to social
historians, sociologists and anyone study women's studies."
http://www.halfmoon0.demon.co.uk/sociorev.htm
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Thank you for the question, and if you need any clarification of my
answer, do not hesitate to ask.
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