Physical activity: data introduction

The following physical activity data pages focus mainly on estimates of the percentage of adults and children in Scotland achieving the recommended levels of physical activity each week. Table 1 summarises the dimensions / geographies data are presented at within the data pages.

Table 1: Data for Scotland presented on the physical activity data pages

	Data presented? (Y=yes; N=no)
Data dimensions/geographies	Adults	Children
By gender	Y	Y
By age group	Y	Y
By deprivation group	Y	N
By NHS board area	Y	N
By local authority area	N	N
By community health partnership (CHP) area	Not yet available	Not yet available
Time trend	N	N
National target	Y	Y
Comparison with UK/GB	Y	Y
International comparison	N	Y

Data on other aspects of physical activity in Scotland are available from a variety of sources but are not presented here. For information on what other data might be available, see the key data sources page.

Another useful source of information / data is the survey report Sport, exercise and physical activity: Public participation, barriers and attitudes (Murray (2006)) that was commissioned by the Scottish Executive (see also the summary report). This report outlines the responses to a module of questions which were included in Ipsos MORI's Scottish Social Policy Monitor in the first half of 2006. The questions examined the public's participation in sport, exercise and physical activity, barriers to participation, and attitudes towards sport and physical activity.