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______________________________________________________________________________________ | 1986 | 1990 | |____________________________|__________________________| Activity |7 years | 12- to | 18- to |7 years | 12- to | 18- to | | old |17-year-| 24-year- | old |17-year-|24-year-| |and over| olds | olds |and over| olds | olds | _____________________________|________|________|__________|________|________|________| | | Aerobic exercising*/ ........ 10.2 11.5 16.4 | 10.4 9.4 17.6 | Backpacking ................. 3.7 7.6 5.8 | 4.8 6.2 6.3 | Baseball .................... 6.5 23.8 9.4 | 6.9 22.9 9.4 | Basketball .................. 9.9 35.4 16.8 | 11.7 41.4 17.2 | Bicycle riding*/ ............ 23.1 47.5 23.9 | 24.6 45.0 24.5 | | | Calisthenics*/ .............. 6.7 14.1 8.8 | 5.9 10.7 7.0 | Camping ..................... 19.2 26.0 20.9 | 20.6 27.3 20.7 | Exercise walking*/ .......... 24.9 13.4 22.4 | 31.8 16.9 25.2 | Exercising with equipment*/ . 14.9 20.8 26.8 | 15.7 16.2 25.0 | Fishing-fresh water ......... 19.0 24.2 20.7 | 18.5 21.8 20.0 | | | Fishing-salt water .......... 5.7 5.8 5.5 | 5.5 6.6 6.4 | Football .................... 5.6 23.4 10.8 | 6.4 25.5 12.4 | Golf ........................ 9.3 8.8 11.8 | 10.2 7.9 11.2 | Hiking ...................... 7.9 10.7 9.9 | 9.8 9.5 8.6 | Hunting/shooting firearms ... 9.6 12.4 13.4 | 8.2 10.6 11.3 | | | Racquetball ................. 3.6 5.0 8.3 | 3.6 3.1 9.0 | Running/jogging*/ ........... 10.8 23.2 18.8 | 10.6 22.8 17.2 | Skiing-alpine/downhill ...... 4.5 9.0 9.8 | 5.1 10.2 10.4 | Skiing-cross country ........ 2.2 2.9 1.9 | 2.3 2.5 2.2 | Soccer ...................... 3.8 16.3 2.9 | 4.9 18.7 4.1 | | | Softball .................... 9.7 22.1 15.9 | 8.9 19.3 13.5 | Swimming*/ .................. 33.8 56.0 41.8 | 30.0 52.8 38.1 | Tennis ...................... 8.4 19.1 16.9 | 8.2 18.4 15.3 | Volleyball .................. 9.7 24.5 18.5 | 10.3 28.5 18.4 | __________________________________________________________|__________________________|*/Participant engaged in activity at least six times in the year.
________________________________________________________ | 1991 |__________________________ Activity |7 years | 12- to | 18- to | old |17-year-|24-year- |and over| olds | olds _____________________________|________|________|________ Aerobic exercising*/ ........ 11.3 7.4 20.7 Backpacking ................. 4.5 7.7 6.9 Baseball .................... 7.2 23.3 8.6 Basketball .................. 11.4 38.6 17.6 Bicycle riding*/ ............ 23.6 45.0 19.6 Calisthenics*/ .............. 5.4 8.6 7.2 Camping ..................... 20.6 25.3 19.7 Exercise walking*/ .......... 30.4 13.8 22.1 Exercising with equipment*/ . 17.1 13.6 27.6 Fishing-fresh water ......... 18.3 19.6 19.0 Fishing-salt water .......... 5.2 4.2 5.4 Football .................... 5.8 21.5 10.9 Golf ........................ 10.8 8.2 12.3 Hiking ...................... 9.9 12.4 10.0 Hunting/shooting firearms ... 7.5 6.4 9.7 Racquetball ................. 2.7 2.2 7.4 Running/jogging*/ ........... 9.8 19.6 16.4 Skiing-alpine/downhill ...... 4.6 7.8 9.2 Skiing-cross country ........ 1.9 2.1 2.8 Soccer ...................... 4.4 17.3 4.6 Softball .................... 8.6 20.7 14.5 Swimming*/ .................. 28.9 48.1 36.2 Tennis ...................... 7.3 14.4 14.0 Volleyball .................. 9.9 24.6 18.3 ________________________________________________________
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1990. National Sporting Goods Association, Sports Participation in 1986, Series I; and Sports Participation in 1988-1991, Series I.