The Irish Sports Monitor 2011
Key Findings
- Participation in sport increased from 34% in 2009 to 46% in 2011
- Sedentarism fell from 16% in 2009 to 13% in 2011
- Rates of volunteering in sport increased from 7% in 2009 to 15% in 2011
- Club membership has increased from 32% to 38%
- Attendance at sporting events rose from 17% in 2009 to 22% in 2011
- Personal exercise (11%) and swimming (10%) are the most popular physical activities
- Increased time a key factor in increased participation with notable increases among the unemployed as well as those among the younger and older groups of adults
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