| Ireland | | |
Time spent for sports (men and women, minutes per day per person) | 20.0 (2005) [20/33countries] | | |
Time spent for sports (men, minutes per day per person) | 22.8 (2005) [22/33countries] | | |
Time spent for sports (women, minutes per day per person) | 17.3 (2005) [18/33countries] | | |
% of those who take part in physical activities such as sports, going to the gym and going for a walk in their free time several times a week or more | 48.8% (2007) [12/34countries] | | |
% of those who never take part in physical activities such as sports, going to the gym and going for a walk in their free time | 23.9% (2007) [17/34countries] | | |
% of those who get much enjoyment from taking part in physical activities such as sports, going to the gym, going for a walk | 59.4% (2007) [11/34countries] | | |
% of those who strongly agree that taking part in sports develops children's character | 48.8% (2007) [16/34countries] | | |
% of those who participate in the activities of a sports association/ group at least once a month | 18.3% (2007) [14/34countries] | | |
% of those who take part in walking (e.g. walking, nordic, trekking, climbing) most frequently among sports or physical activities | 49.1% (2007) [2/34countries] | | |
% of those who take part in golf or minigolf most frequently among sports or physical activities | 5.4% (2007) [3/34countries] | | |
% of those who take part in fitness (aerobics, exercise, machine-training, work-out) most frequently among sports or physical activities | 9.2% (2007) [23/34countries] | | |
% of those who take part in baseball or softball most frequently among sports or physical activities | 0.0% (2007) [14/34countries] | | |
% of those who take part in jogging most frequently among sports or physical activities | 2.0% (2007) [28/34countries] | | |
% of those who take part in tennis most frequently among sports or physical activities | 1.6% (2007) [13/34countries] | | |
% of those who take part in marine sports most frequently among sports or physical activities | 5.9% (2007) [7/34countries] | | |
% of those who take part in volleyball most frequently among sports or physical activities | 0.2% (2007) [27/34countries] | | |
% of those who take part in football or soccer most frequently among sports or physical activities | 8.3% (2007) [14/34countries] | | |
% of those who attend sporting events as a spectator in their free time several times a month or more | 25.6% (2007) [5/34countries] | | |
% of those who watch baseball most frequently on TV among sports | 0.1% (2007) [12/34countries] | | |
% of those who watch football or soccer most frequently on TV among sports | 37.6% (2007) [19/34countries] | | |
% of those who watch volleyball most frequently on TV among sports | 0.1% (2007) [25/34countries] | | |
% of those who watch martial arts (boxing, wrestling, judo, etc.) most frequently on TV among sports | 1.8% (2007) [19/34countries] | | |
% of those who watch golf or minigolf most frequently on TV among sports | 4.8% (2007) [3/34countries] | | |
% of those who watch ice-skating most frequently on TV among sports | 0.3% (2007) [23/34countries] | | |
% of those who watch athletics (running, long-/high-jumping, etc.) or marathon most frequently on TV among sports | 0.4% (2007) [27/34countries] | | |
% of those who strongly agree that there is too much sport on TV | 26.4% (2007) [19/34countries] | | |
% of those who strongly agree that sports bring different groups and races inside the country closer | 81.0% (2007) [7/34countries] | | |
% of those who strongly agree that international sports competitions create more tension between countries than good feelings | 26.6% (2007) [10/34countries] | | |
% of those who are proud of their country in its achievements in sports | 89.2% (2013) [10/33countries] | | |
% of those who are proud of their country by sports | 85.6% (2013) [10/33countries] | | |
% of those who think that physical or mental health is a very important reason for taking part in sports or games | 55.4% (2007) [19/34countries] | | |
% of those who think that meeting other people is a very important reason for taking part in sports or games | 33.3% (2007) [7/34countries] | | |
% of those who think that competing against others is a very important reason for taking part in sports or games | 16.3% (2007) [5/34countries] | | |
% of those who think that looking good is a very important reason for taking part in sports or games | 18.3% (2007) [14/34countries] | | |