And the winner is : children's out-of-school activity

Authors

Steve Holden, ACERFollow

Abstract

The bad news is that almost all students are watching television out of school; the good news is that nearly two-thirds of them are also finding time for organised sport. This article examines the results of a 2006 Australian Bureau of Statistics survey of children aged between five and 14 years to find out more about their formal and informal participation in cultural, sporting and leisure activities. [Author abstract, ed]

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