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Sport and Social Capital: This report examines the relationship between indicators of social wellbeing and participation in sport and physical recreation using data from the ABS 2010 General Social Survey.
Volunteers in Sport: Contains information about people who volunteer for sport and physical recreation organisations using data from the ABS 2010 General Social Survey.
Stats & Facts, Sporting Facilities: As featured in the June 2011 edition of the Perspectives on Sport this fact sheet looks at the facilities people use for sport and physical recreation activities.
Involvement in Sport and Physical Activity: Summarises the results of the ABS 2010 survey of people's involvement in playing and non-playing roles.
Sport's Unsung Heroes, Involvement in Non-Playing Roles: As featured in the June 2011 edition of the Perspectives on Sport this article looks at people's involvement in sport as coaches, timekeepers, committee members and other non-playing roles.
Sports and Physical Recreation Volunteers: As featured in the October 2008 edition of the Perspectives on Sport this article uses a range of data to investigate volunteer involvement in sport and physical recreation organisations.
Involvement in Organised Sport as a Coach, Instructor, Referee or Umpire: As featured in the October 2008 edition of the Perspectives on Sport using data from the ABS 2007 survey of Involvement in Organised Sport and Physical Activity.
The following reports may be requested by emailing NCCRS@abs.gov.au
2005 Sport volunteers and other volunteers
2001 The social impacts of sport and physical recreation: An annotated bibliography



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