This statistic represents how the UK hosting the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games has encouraged children in England to take part in sports, as of a survey conducted between April 2015 and March 2016. At this time the majority of survey respondents aged 11 to 15 (57 percent) claimed to have been encouraged to participate in sports to some extent. However in the younger age group almost 70 percent did not feel encouraged at all.
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Would you say that the UK hosting the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games has encouraged you to take part in sport?
Characteristic
A lot
A little
Not at all
Don’t know
5-10 year olds
11.8%
18.5%
69.6%
0%
11-15 year olds
13.4%
43.6%
42.2%
0%
0%25%50%75%100%125%
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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). (July 21, 2016). Would you say that the UK hosting the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games has encouraged you to take part in sport? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 17, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/411297/london-2012-olympics-sport-participation-childrens-encouragement-uk/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). "Would you say that the UK hosting the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games has encouraged you to take part in sport?." Chart. July 21, 2016. Statista. Accessed July 17, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/411297/london-2012-olympics-sport-participation-childrens-encouragement-uk/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). (2016). Would you say that the UK hosting the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games has encouraged you to take part in sport?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 17, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/411297/london-2012-olympics-sport-participation-childrens-encouragement-uk/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). "Would You Say That The Uk Hosting The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Has Encouraged You to Take Part in Sport?." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Jul 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/411297/london-2012-olympics-sport-participation-childrens-encouragement-uk/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK), Would you say that the UK hosting the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games has encouraged you to take part in sport? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/411297/london-2012-olympics-sport-participation-childrens-encouragement-uk/ (last visited July 17, 2025)
Would you say that the UK hosting the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games has encouraged you to take part in sport? [Graph], Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK), July 21, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/411297/london-2012-olympics-sport-participation-childrens-encouragement-uk/
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