4901.0 - Children's Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities, Australia, Apr 2012

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ABOUT THIS PUBLICATION

This publication contains results from the 2012 Survey of Children's Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities, conducted throughout Australia in April 2012 as a supplement to the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) monthly Labour Force Survey (LFS). Information about the participation of children aged 5 to 14 years in cultural, sporting and other leisure activities is provided. Details on children's use of the Internet and mobile phones are also presented.

Statistics in this publication were collected in April 2012 as a supplement to the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) monthly Labour Force Survey (LFS).

Information collected in the survey includes:

children's participation in selected organised cultural activities and organised sports, and attendance at selected cultural venues and events outside of school hours during the 12 months prior to interview
participation in selected recreational activities (such as skateboarding, rollerblading or riding a scooter, bike riding, watching television, videos or DVDs, and other screen-based activities) outside of school hours during the most recent two school weeks prior to interview
the use of the Internet and mobile phones
characteristics of children who participated and the frequency and duration of their involvement in some activities.

Information on the concepts and methods used in the survey, reliability of the results, definitions and interpretation are included in the Explanatory Notes, Technical Note and Glossary. Unless otherwise specified, differences between data items highlighted in the Summary of Findings are statistically significant (refer to Technical Note).

This publication includes Datacubes in spreadsheet format available on the ABS website www.abs.gov.au.

ROUNDING

As estimates have been rounded, discrepancies may occur between sums of the component items and totals. Published percentages are calculated prior to rounding and therefore some discrepancy may occur between these percentages and those that could be calculated from the rounded figures.

INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070.

This page last updated 4 February 2013

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Contents In this issue Cultural activities Cultural venues and events Sports participation Recreational activities Internet and mobile phones About this Release History of Changes Swimming and soccer the most popular sports for children (Media Release)	NOTES ABOUT THIS PUBLICATION This publication contains results from the 2012 Survey of Children's Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities, conducted throughout Australia in April 2012 as a supplement to the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) monthly Labour Force Survey (LFS). Information about the participation of children aged 5 to 14 years in cultural, sporting and other leisure activities is provided. Details on children's use of the Internet and mobile phones are also presented. Statistics in this publication were collected in April 2012 as a supplement to the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) monthly Labour Force Survey (LFS). Information collected in the survey includes: children's participation in selected organised cultural activities and organised sports, and attendance at selected cultural venues and events outside of school hours during the 12 months prior to interview participation in selected recreational activities (such as skateboarding, rollerblading or riding a scooter, bike riding, watching television, videos or DVDs, and other screen-based activities) outside of school hours during the most recent two school weeks prior to interview the use of the Internet and mobile phones characteristics of children who participated and the frequency and duration of their involvement in some activities. Information on the concepts and methods used in the survey, reliability of the results, definitions and interpretation are included in the Explanatory Notes, Technical Note and Glossary. Unless otherwise specified, differences between data items highlighted in the Summary of Findings are statistically significant (refer to Technical Note). This publication includes Datacubes in spreadsheet format available on the ABS website www.abs.gov.au. ROUNDING As estimates have been rounded, discrepancies may occur between sums of the component items and totals. Published percentages are calculated prior to rounding and therefore some discrepancy may occur between these percentages and those that could be calculated from the rounded figures. INQUIRIES For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window. This page last updated 4 February 2013

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