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Time Use on Recreation and Leisure Activities: Uses information from the ABS 2006 Time Use Survey with a focus on recreation and leisure activities.
Sport and Culture: This article featured in Perspectives on Sport Nov 2011 looks at the differences in attendance at cultural venues and sporting events by people who actively participated in sport and physical recreation and those that did not.
How Australians Use Their Time: Presents selected results from the ABS 2006 Time Use Survey.
Spectator Attendance at Sporting Events: Contains the results from the ABS 2009-10 Multipurpose Household Survey relating to people's attendance at sporting events.
A Profile of Spectators at Selected Sporting Events 2009-10 - Who will you be sitting next to?: As featured in the June 2011 edition of the Perspectives on Sport this article looks at the characteristics of attendees at six popular sports.
A Serve of All Things Tennis, Wimbledon 2011: As featured in the June 2011 edition of the Perspectives on Sport this article looks at all aspects of people's involvement and interest in Tennis.
Football: Four Games, One Name: This article featured in the May 2009 edition of the Perspectives on Sport and explores involvement in the four popular Australian football codes - Australian Rules, Soccer, Rugby league and Rugby union.
Square Eyes and Couch Potatoes - Children's Participation in Screen-Based Activities: This article featured in the June 2010 edition of the Perspectives on Sport and uses data from the ABS 2009 survey of Children's Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities.


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