National Public Radio/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health Poll: Sports and Health in America, United States, 2015

This catalog record includes detailed variable-level descriptions, enabling data discovery and comparison. The data are not archived at ICPSR. Users should consult the data owners (via the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research) directly for details on obtaining the data. This collection includes variable-level metadata of the 2015 poll Sports and Health in America, a survey from National Public Radio/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health conducted by Social Science Research Solutions (SSRS). Topics covered in this survey include:Sports participation in past yearExercise in the past yearImportance of sport/exerciseEffects of sport/exerciseFuture sport/exercise participationReasons for not participating in sport/exerciseSports participation in schoolDesire for child sports participationDesire to be professional athleteStopped playing sportsReasons for current sports participationChild healthChild sports participationSports participation with childEffects of child sports participationHope for child to be professional athleteChild exerciseObstacles to child sports participationPersonal healthSport/exercise injuriesHours of TVThe data and documentation files for this survey are available through the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research [Roper #31095185]. Frequencies and summary statistics for the 191 variables from this survey are available through the ICPSR social science variable database and can be accessed from the Variables tab.