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It Is Not Surprising To See In The Following Table That Group De, ...

It is not surprising to see in the following Table that group DE, representing Semi-skilled or unskilled manual workers: apprentices in skilled trades; casual or lowest grade workers; state pensioners or widowers; those entirely dependent on the state long term through sickness, unemployment, old age or other reasons, records the lowest sport participation rate.
Table 18 Social Class and Sports Participation 1998 - 2000
(SportScotland, 2001)
Social Class
All Sport
(Percent)
Selected Sports
(Excludes walking,
dancing, snooker,
billards, pool)
(Percent)

AB
72
64

C1
74
61

C2
67
54

DE
51
38


The following Table indicates the actual trends concerning sport participation during the years 1998 through 2000 in Scotland by males and females.
Table 19 Trends in All Sports, Participation, 1998 2000
(SportScotland, 2001)
1998-2000
(Percent)

Sex


Male
70

Female
60




Age


25-34
77

35-54
69

55+
45




Social Class


AB
72

C1
74

C2
67

DE
51


Looking at participation by sex, and age as well as social classification regarding differing sport participation rates represents an important statistical dataset of the information provided by SportScotland (2001). Surprisingly, sports participation in the 55 age group and above is higher than for all other groups as a whole, with the highest social class participation being recorded in the upper middle income group C1, followed by AB. Bowling, 71%, walking, 29%, dancing, 28%, fishing, 18%, sailing, keep fit / aerobics and hill walk / climbing at 16% represented the most popular sports for the 55+ age group as a whole.

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