Leisure activities 1997-2011

Changed on: 07/07/2017 02:00

Leisure activities 1997-2011
Personal characteristics	Periods	Sports Membership sports club (%)	Sports Physical exercise 5 hours a week or more (%)	Sports Physical exercise 1-4 hours a week (%)	Sports Mental exercise 5 hours a week or more (%)	Sports Mental exercise 1-4 hours a week (%)	Hobbies Club activities at least once a month (%)	Hobbies Membership hobby club (%)	Culture Visit to a museum At least once a month (%)	Culture Visit to a museum 3-11 times a year (%)	Culture Concert At least once a month (%)	Culture Concert More than 3 times a year, not monthly (%)	Culture Theatre At least once a month (%)	Culture Theatre More than 3 times a year, not monthly (%)
Total personal characteristics	2011	.	.	.	6	22	.	.	.	.	5	12	1	7
Men	2011	.	.	.	5	20	.	.	.	.	7	12	2	6
Women	2011	.	.	.	7	24	.	.	.	.	3	12	1	9
0-11 yrs	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
12-17 yrs	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
18-24 yrs	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
25-34 yrs	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
35-44 yrs	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
45-54 yrs	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
55-64 yrs	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
65-74 yrs	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
75 yrs and older	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
0-14 yrs	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
15-24 yrs	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
25-44 yrs	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
45-64 yrs	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
65 yrs or older	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
0-14 yrs	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
15-19 yrs	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
20-24 yrs	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
25-34 yrs	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
35-44 yrs	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
45-54 yrs	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
55-64 yrs	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
65-74 yrs	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
75-84 yrs	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
85 yrs or older	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age unknown	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Level of ed.: primary education	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Level of ed.: pre-vocational education	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Level of ed.: junior gen. sec. education	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Level of ed.: senior gen. sec. education	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Level of ed.: voc.colleges, universities	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Higher management	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Other white-collar workers	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Self-employed	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Skilled manual labour	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Half-skilled and unskilled manual labour	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Unemployed labour force	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Attending school, training	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Disabled	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Early retirement (58-64 yrs)	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Cares for household with minor(s)	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Other socio-economic group	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
One-person household	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Member of a single-parent family	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Member of a couple without children	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Member of a couple with children	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Very high urbanisation rate	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
High urbanisation rate	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Moderately high urbanisation rate	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Low urbanisation rate	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Very low urbanisation rate	2011	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Source: CBS.

Explanation of symbols

Table explanation

Leisure activities; sports, hobbies, culture, recreation, going out, use of the media and holidays by personal characteristics.

Data available from 1997-2011

Status of the figures:
All data recorded in this publication are final data.

Changes compared with previous version: July 2017.
None, this table was stopped.

When will new figures be published?
Not applicable

Description topics

Sports

Membership sports club: The data refer to persons aged 18 or older.
Source: Integrated System of Social Surveys: justice and participation.

Physical exercise

The data refer to persons aged 4 or older.
Source: Integrated System of Social Surveys: basis.
Questions concerning children under the age of 12 have been answered by
parents or guardians.

5 hours a week or more

1-4 hours a week

Mental exercise

The data refer to persons aged 15 or older.
Source: Integrated System of Social Surveys: justice and participation.

5 hours a week or more

1-4 hours a week

Hobbies

Club activities at least once a month: The data refer to persons aged 4 or older.
Source: Integrated System of Social Surveys: basis.
Questions concerning children under the age of 12 have been answered by
parents or guardians. At least once a month active participation in one or
more clubs.

Membership hobby club: The data refer to persons aged 18 or older.
Source: Integrated System of Social Surveys: justice and participation.

Culture

Visit to a museum

These data refer to persons aged 4 or older.
Source: Integrated System of Social Surveys: basis.
Questions concerning children under the age of 12 have been answered by
parents or guardians.
From 2001, the question asked in the period 1997-2000: 'Do you
occasionally visit a museum? 'has been superseded by the question: '
Did you visit a Dutch museum during the last 12 months?'.

At least once a month: In the period 1997-2000 once a month, from 2001 at least once a month.

3-11 times a year

Concert

The data refer to persons aged 15 or older.
Source: Integrated System of Social Surveys: justice and participation.

At least once a month

More than 3 times a year, not monthly

Theatre

The data refer to persons aged 15 or older.
Source: Integrated System of Social Surveys: justice and participation.

At least once a month

More than 3 times a year, not monthly