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The CIS co-publishes "Ideal democrático y bienestar personal" with the CSD.
Madrid, 11 November 2011
Noticia
The data comes from the survey entitled “Encuesta sobre hábitos deportivos en España 2010”
“The number of Spaniards practising sports is growing”
43% of Spaniards regularly take part in sport, according to the figures shown in “Ideal democrático y bienestar personal: Encuesta sobre los hábitos deportivos en España 2010”, a joint publication by the Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS) and the Consejo Superior de Deportes (CSD).
Madrid, November 2011 .- The percentage of Spanish men and women between the ages of 15 and 75 who play sport went from 37% to 43% between 2005 and 2010, according to the publication “Ideal democrático y bienestar personal”, jointly published by the Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS) and the Consejo Superior de Deportes (CSD).
This research, centred on a survey of sports habits in Spain carried out by the CIS at the request of the CSD, offers a true picture of the practice of sport in this country and examines how it has evolved over the last 30 years.
This magnificent research project, led by the senior lecturer in sociology from the Universidad de Valencia, Manuel García Ferrando, with the participation of Ramón Llopis Goig, a doctor in sociology at the same university, reaches the conclusions that sport in Spain is practised in an increasingly deinstitutionalised manner, and the tendency to compete is gradually falling. Likewise, more and more members of the public are doing sports in open spaces, with an increasing number of those who regard sport and physical education as important.
The work analyses the practice of sport by age group and gender, examines which sports equipment is found in Spanish households, and offers information about which are the most popular sports and the level of use of sports facilities, as well as looking at the pride that is felt at Spanish sporting achievements and the degree to which these successes influence society.
It also studies how sport is followed in the media and how involvement in sport contributes to the social and cultural integration of immigrants in Spain.
