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Motivations to Participate in Sport / Exercise

Description

Sport Singapore CSV from the National Sport & Exercise Participation Survey (NSPS) on motivations for sport and exercise participation by survey year, age group, and sex for 2019 through 2025. Sport policymakers analyse why Singapore residents exercise; related insights at www.sportdexsg.gov.sg and https://go.gov.sg/sportdexsg-motivations.

Official description

Explore detailed datasets and insights on SportDexSG - Sport Singapore’s digital platform for sharing data across the sport and fitness ecosystem: www.sportdexsg.gov.sg This dataset presents information on the different motivations for sport and exercise participation, categorised by the survey year, age group, and sex of the National Sport & Exercise Participation (NSPS) survey respondents. Related Resources: https://go.gov.sg/sportdexsg-motivations

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Coverage
2019-01-01 – 2025-12-31
Rows
560
Columns
5

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Data

Year Age Group Sex Motivations Percentage
2019 13 to 19 Female For better physical health 67.000000
2019 13 to 19 Female For the interest of the sports 56.000000
2019 13 to 19 Female To look or feel good 34.000000
2019 13 to 19 Female For better mental health/ To de-stress 31.000000
2019 13 to 19 Female To train for an event or competition 22.000000
2019 13 to 19 Female To develop skills that help me perform better at school/work/life in general 14.000000
2019 13 to 19 Female The facilities are near where I live/work/study 10.000000
2019 13 to 19 Female To meet other people 10.000000
2019 13 to 19 Female Have more spare time for sports 6.000000
2019 13 to 19 Female Others 5.000000
2019 13 to 19 Male For the interest of the sports 58.000000
2019 13 to 19 Male For better physical health 57.000000
2019 13 to 19 Male For better mental health/ To de-stress 27.000000
2019 13 to 19 Male To look or feel good 27.000000
2019 13 to 19 Male To develop skills that help me perform better at school/work/life in general 18.000000
2019 13 to 19 Male To train for an event or competition 17.000000
2019 13 to 19 Male To meet other people 16.000000
2019 13 to 19 Male Have more spare time for sports 4.000000
2019 13 to 19 Male There are new facilities which previously were not available 1.000000
2019 13 to 19 Male Recover from injury or illness 1.000000
2019 20 to 39 Female For better physical health 73.000000
2019 20 to 39 Female To look or feel good 39.000000
2019 20 to 39 Female For better mental health/ To de-stress 37.000000
2019 20 to 39 Female For the interest of the sports 25.000000
2019 20 to 39 Female To meet other people 9.000000

Columns

Column Type Categorical
Year Year (YYYY) Yes
Age Group Text Yes
Sex Text Yes
Motivations Text Yes
Percentage Numeric (Percentage) No