Taking Part: the National Survey of Culture, Leisure and Sport, 2016-2017; Adult and Child Data

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P>The <span style="font-style: italic;">Taking Part</span> survey collects data on many aspects of leisure, culture and sport in England, as well as an in-depth range of socio-demographic information on respondents. The survey is commissioned by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in partnership with three of its non-departmental public bodies (Sport England, Arts Council England and English Heritage). The survey was first commissioned in 2005 as a face-to-face household survey of adults (16+) in England. Since then it has run annually and has also been developed to include further elements, including a child element and a longitudinal element.<br>
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Further information can be found on the Gov.uk <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/taking-part" title="Taking Part" target="_blank">Taking Part</a> web pages.<br>
<br><br><p>For <i>Taking Part, 2016-2017</i>, also known as Year 12 of the continuous survey, 9,352 adults were interviewed in the face-to-face cross-sectional study. Of these, 59% were recruited to the web panel longitudinal follow-up. They were invited to complete a web questionaire on a quarterly basis, these datasets include data collected from Q0-8.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold">Latest edition</span><br>
For the fourth edition (January 2024), the data and documentation for the web panel have been updated.<br>
</p><br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br><p>Main topics covered by the survey include: the arts, museums and galleries, libraries, archives, heritage, sport, volunteering, charitable giving, general free time activities, digital activities, special events, community participation, personal well-being and demographics. Almost all of these topics appear in the main adult and child data sets, and in the longitudinal data sets. </p>
<p>The web panel questionaires include questions on changing participation levels over time and key life events.<br />
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<p>In order to preserve confidentiality, some geographic and other potentially identifying variables have been removed from the UK Data Archive End User Licence version. A Special Licence version that contains more detailed data, including some of the variables listed above and detailed geographical variables (ACORN Group and ONS Urban Rural Classification), is available.<br />
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