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How many school aged children are participating in registered sport clubs and organisations in the ACT between the ages of (a) 6 to 12 and (b) 13 to 17.
Mr Rattenbury: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(l) The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) survey, “Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities”, collects data on children aged 5-14 years within three age groupings. ACT statistics for participation in organised sport, not including dance, are detailed in Table 1.
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Table 1: Children’s Participation in organised sports ACT (2012) | |||
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Gender |
5-8 years (%/ number) |
9-11 years (%/number) |
12-14 years (%/number) |
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Male |
77.6% (7,300) |
77.1 % (4,800) |
72.6% (4,700) |
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Female |
63.6% (5,600) |
75.8% (4,600) |
75.0% (4,700) |
Participation for children aged 15-17 is recorded by the ABS survey “Participation in Sport and Physical Recreation”. In 2013-14 the ACT participation rate for males and females in the 15-17 years category was 86.6% (3,400) and 71.4% (5,900) respectively. This data does however note a relative standard error of 25% to 50%.
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