Table 11.2
Sport or any physical activity (including walking¹) during the last
4 weeks by sex and socio-economic group (SEG), 1999-00

Persons aged 16+			Percentages
	Yes	No	Base=100%
All
Professional	81	19	156
Employer,manager	72	28	469
Intermediate non manual	70	30	521
Junior non manual	66	34	848
Skilled manual	62	38	728
Semi-skilled manual	55	45	832
Unskilled manual	48	52	223
No SEG, ref etc, armed forces	68	32	307

All Persons	64	36	4,084

Male
Professional	81	19	99
Employer,manager	73	27	292
Intermediate non manual	80	20	173
Junior non manual	80	20	163
Skilled manual	63	37	613
Semi-skilled manual	64	36	242
Unskilled manual	60	40	63
No SEG, ref etc, armed forces	80	20	102

All Males	70	30	1,747

Female
Professional	82	18	57
Employer,manager	72	28	177
Intermediate non manual	66	34	348
Junior non manual	62	38	685
Skilled manual	57	43	115
Semi-skilled manual	51	49	590
Unskilled manual	44	56	160
No SEG, ref etc, armed forces	62	38	205

All Females	60	40	2,337
	Source: Continuous Household Survey


Notes:
¹ Walking defined by a walk or hike of 2 or more miles