Keeping them in the game [electronic resource] : taking up and dropping out of sport and exercise in Ireland / Pete Lunn, Eilish Kelly and Nick Fitzpatrick.

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Includes bibliographical references (pp109-111.)

Growing evidence linking low levels of physical activity to poor health means that sports policy has become an important contributor to public health. A primary policy goal is to raise levels of participation in sport and exercise. This report provides evidence for policy from three large, nationally representative surveys. It is thus the most comprehensive study of participation in sport undertaken in Ireland to date. The analysis focuses on how and why people take up and drop out from sport and recreational exercise, from childhood to old age.