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Appendix Table A1
Sports participation of children aged 5 to 14 by socio-demographic characteristics, 2005

  Gender of child aged 5 to 14
Both sexes Boys Girls
(% of children aged 5 to 14 who regularly participated in organized sports during the last 12 months)
All children aged 5 to 14
51
56
45
Age of child
5 to 10 †
47
52
43
11 to 14
55*
62*
48
Family type
Intact †
53
58
48
Step or blended
46
54
37*
Lone-parent
47
55
39*
Sports activity level of parents
No interest in sports †
24
27
22
Spectator only
62*
73*
52*
Participant only
46*
49*
44*
Participant & spectator
69*
77*
63*
Administrator/referee/coach
82*
86*
77*
Number of parents involved in sports
Two-parent families
52
57
46
Neither parent †
22
26
19
One parent
49*
55*
43*
Both parents
75*
81*
70*
Lone-parent families
47
55
39
Parent not involved in sports †
27
29
26E
Parent involved in sports
69*
82*
53*
Labour force activity of parents
Two-parent families
Both parents employed full-time
58
64
52
Father employed full-time/Mother part-time †
66
69
63
Father employed full-time/Mother not employed
38*
42*
35*
Other two-parent families
51*
49*
53
Lone-parent families
Employed full-time
53
65
40*
Employed part-time †
57
52E
61
Lone parent not employed
40
46
34*E
Adjusted household income quintiles
Lowest †
44
52
35
2nd
44
50
38
3rd (middle)
56*
62
50*
4th
60*
64*
55*
Highest
68*
75*
61*
Not reported
39
43
36
Highest level of schooling of parents
Some secondary/elementary/no schooling
22*E
28*E
16*E
High school diploma
42*
50
34*
Some university/community college
49*
53
45*
Diploma/certificate from community college or trade/technical
54
59
48*
Bachelor's degree
57
66
48
Doctorate/master's/first professional †
60
62
59
Age of mother
Less than 30 †
39
42
35
Thirties
47*
52*
43*
Forties
57*
64*
48*
50 and over
50*
53*
46*
Period of immigration of parent
Canadian-born †
55
61
49
Before 1986
50
55
46
1986-1995
35*
33*E
37E
After 1995
32*
36*E
28*E
Not reported
41*
51*
30*
Region
Atlantic †
61
67
55
Québec
48*
57*
38*
Ontario
52*
57*
47
Prairies
53*
56*
48
British Columbia
44*
49*
40*
Population size of Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) or Census Agglomeration (CA)
Large CMAs (Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver) †
47
52
41
Mid-size CMAs (250,000+)
51
56
46
Small CMAs & CAs (50,000-<250,000)
57*
68*
44
Small cities and towns 10,000-<50,000
58*
64*
52*
Rural
49
55
43
Relative Housing density of neighbourhood
High †
42
43
41
Medium
45
55
35
Low
52*
58*
47
Outside major urban centres
54*
59*
48
E Use with caution.
† Reference group.
* Statistically significant difference from reference group at p<0.05.
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2005.
Date Modified: 2008-11-21

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