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ESPN Sports Poll: Participation in Sports Activities Or Exercise

The ESPN Sports Poll, a service of TNS Sport, asks all respondents age 12+ if they have exercised or participated in a sports activity within the past week. The following are those respondents that have participated within the past week, as well as a demographic profile comparison against the general U.S. population.  Data was collected from January-December '06, with 41.7% of all those surveyed saying they had participated in the past week (ESPN Sports Poll).

HAVE YOU EXERCISED OR PARTICIPATED IN A
SPORTS ACTIVITY IN THE PAST WEEK?
DEMOGRAPHIC
U.S. POP.
(n = 27,886)
PARTICIPATED IN PAST WEEK
(n = 2,223)
INDEX
GENDER
Male
48.6%
52.8%
109
Female
51.4%
47.2%
92
AGE
12-17
10.7%
17.0%
159
18-24
11.7%
12.8%
109
25-34
16.3%
18.7%
115
35-44
15.5%
16.2%
105
45-54
19.5%
16.5%
85
55-64
11.5%
9.2%
80
65+
15.0%
9.5%
63
RACE
White
81.3%
81.0%
100
African American
12.0%
11.9%
99
Hispanic
13.0%
14.2%
109
Other
6.8%
7.1%
104
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
<$20K
16.7%
10.6%
63
$20-30K
15.1%
10.5%
70
$30-50K
22.4%
21.1%
94
$50-100K
31.1%
37.1%
119
$100-150K
10.4%
13.8%
133
$150K+
4.3%
7.0%
163
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