Men | Women | |||||||||
Data for survey year | p Value for trend | Data for survey year | p Value for trend | |||||||
1997/8, % (referent) | 2003/04,*% (OR) (95% CI) | 2006,*% (OR) (95% CI) | Crude | Adjusted† | 1997/8 | 2003/04,* % (OR) (95% CI) | 2006,*% (OR) (95% CI) | Crude | Adjusted† | |
Overall participation | ||||||||||
51.8 (1.07) (1.01 to 1.14) | 51.1 (1.08) (1.00 to 1.16) | 0.975 | 0.039 | 42.1 | 44.2 (1.15) (1.08 to 1.21) | 43.6 (1.14) (1.06 to 1.21) | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
Regular participation (⩾ once a week on average) | 40.8 | 42.0 (1.13) (1.06 to 1.20) | 41.2 (1.11) (1.03 to 1.19) | 0.248 | <0.001 | 31.2 | 34.0 (1.19) (1.13 to 1.26) | 33.9 (1.21) (1.13 to 1.29) | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Sport groupings participation | ||||||||||
Any participation (⩾ once in last 4 weeks) | ||||||||||
Cycling | 16.5 | 15.2 (0.93) (0.86 to 1.01) | 14.4 (0.92) (0.84 to 1.01) | 0.004 | 0.093 | 8 | 7.1 (0.90) (0.81 to 0.99) | 6.6 (0.81) (0.73 to 0.91) | 0.002 | 0.002 |
Swimming | 13.7 | 12.8 (0.91) (0.84 to 0.99) | 12.8 (0.93) (0.85 to 1.03) | 0.336 | 0.087 | 15.7 | 15.0 (0.93) (0.86 to 0.99) | 15.3 (0.95) (0.88 to 1.04) | 0.244 | 0.101 |
Dance | 7.4 | 6.0 (0.84) (0.75 to 0.94) | 4.7 (0.66) (0.57 to 0.76) | <0.001 | <0.001 | 11.6 | 10.6 (0.92) (0.85 to 1.00) | 10.5 (0.93) (0.84 to 1.02) | 0.062 | 0.106 |
Running | 12.7 | 11.8 (0.93) (0.85 to 1.02) | 11.0 (0.89) (0.81 to 0.99) | 0.025 | 0.075 | 4 | 5.1 (1.28) (1.13 to 1.45) | 6.0 (1.58) (1.38 to 1.81) | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Team sports‡ | 15 | 14.0 (0.94) (0.87 to 1.03) | 13.6 (0.95) (0.86 to 1.04) | 0.056 | 0.331 | 1.4 | 1.5 (1.00) (0.81 to 1.24) | 1.7 (1.15) (0.90 to 1.45) | 0.224 | 0.459 |
Racquet sports‡ | 7 | 5.7 (0.81) (0.72 to 0.91) | 5.4 (0.77) (0.67 to 0.89) | <0.001 | <0.001 | 3.5 | 3.1 (0.86) (0.74 to 0.99) | 3.0 (0.85) (0.72 to 1.01) | 0.211 | 0.061 |
Martial arts‡ | 0.7 | 0.9 (1.30) (0.95 to 1.77) | 0.8 (1.12) (0.77 to 1.62) | 0.207 | 0.26 | 0.2 | 0.4 (1.61) (1.00 to 2.60) | 0.4 (1.98) (1.18 to 3.32) | 0.038 | 0.028 |
Golf | 5.3 | 5.3 (0.98) (0.87 to 1.11) | 4.7 (0.86) (0.74 to 1.00) | 0.092 | 0.133 | 0.7 | 0.9 (1.24) (0.93 to 1.64) | 0.6 (0.68) (0.46 to 1.00) | 0.013 | 0.007 |
Gym/health/fitness club‡ | 23.5 | 26.0 (1.14) (1.06 to 1.21) | 25.5 (1.14) (1.06 to 1.23) | <0.001 | <0.001 | 23.3 | 26.4 (1.15) (1.08 to 1.22) | 25.8 (1.15) (1.08 to 1.24) | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Outdoor watersports‡ | 0.9 | 0.8 (0.88) (0.65 to 1.19) | 0.9 (1.04) (0.74 to 1.46) | 0.639 | 0.589 | 0.3 | 0.3 (1.00) (0.63 to 1.57) | 0.4 (1.31) (0.81 to 2.12) | 0.303 | 0.458 |
Regular participation (⩾ once/week on average) | ||||||||||
Cycling | 10.2 | 9.9 (0.99) (0.90 to 1.09) | 9.7 (1.01) (0.90 to 1.13) | 0.886 | 0.967 | 4.3 | 4.3 (1.02) (0.90 to 1.15) | 4.1 (0.93) (0.80 to 1.08) | 0.674 | 0.467 |
Swimming | 6.9 | 7.1 (1.01) (0.91 to 1.13) | 6.6 (0.92) (0.80 to 1.04) | 0.312 | 0.286 | 8.8 | 9.0 (1.00) (0.91 to 1.09) | 9.1 (1.01) (0.91 to 1.12) | 0.278 | 0.963 |
Dance | 3.7 | 2.8 (0.79) (0.67 to 0.93) | 2.3 (0.64) (0.52 to 0.78) | <0.001 | <0.001 | 6.1 | 6.0 (0.98) (0.88 to 1.09) | 6.1 (1.04) (0.92 to 1.17) | 0.649 | 0.696 |
Run | 9 | 8.1 (0.91) (0.82 to 1.00) | 8.0 (0.92) (0.82 to 1.04) | 0.096 | 0.138 | 2.4 | 3.2 (1.37) (1.17 to 1.61) | 4.0 (1.84) (1.56 to 2.18) | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Team sports‡ | 8.9 | 8.3 (0.94) (0.85 to 1.04) | 8.6 (1.03) (0.91 to 1.15) | 0.099 | 0.285 | 0.5 | 0.4 (0.85) (0.58 to 1.26) | 0.5 (0.97) (0.63 to 1.50) | 0.678 | 0.706 |
Racquet sports ‡ | 3.5 | 2.8 (0.82) (0.69 to 0.96) | 2.9 (0.86) (0.71 to 1.04) | 0.062 | 0.039 | 1.8 | 1.6 (0.84) (0.69 to 1.02) | 1.5 (0.83) (0.65 to 1.04) | 0.345 | 0.136 |
Golf | 3 | 3.1 (1.03) (0.88 to 1.21) | 2.8 (0.89) (0.73 to 1.08) | 0.324 | 0.327 | 0.4 | 0.6 (1.36) (0.95 to 1.96) | 0.4 (0.88) (0.55 to 1.41) | 0.141 | 0.091 |
Gym/health club‡ | 17 | 18.7 (1.11) (1.03 to 1.20) | <0.001 | <0.001 | 15.9 | 18.7 (1.18) (1.10 to 1.26) | 18.7 (1.23) (1.14 to 1.33) | <0.001 |
*ORs and 95% confidence internals for comparisons with 1997/8, which was the referent time point. †Age-standardised and multivariable-adjusted OR and 95% CI using 1997/8 as the referent time point; adjusted for age, ethnicity, social class, income, education, obesity status, car ownership, smoking status, general health, occupational activity and non-sporting/non-occupational physical activity. ‡See table 1 for description of sports and exercise groupings.