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Definitions
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Name and topic
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Name: Sports and outdoor activities, survey on living conditions
Topic: Culture and recreation
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Next release
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Responsible division
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Division for Income and social welfare statistics
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Definitions of the main concepts and variables
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Sports and physical activity
Cross-country skiing: Refers to skiing with the intention of exercising. Skiing in the forest or in the mountains are included is their purpose is exercise.
Biking: Refers to cycling trips with the intention of exercising. Biking as a means for transport if the purpose is also exercise.
Organized dance: Prior to 2007, the phrasing was “folk/ballroom dancing, (jazz) ballet”
Group exercise classes, aerobics, yoga etc.: Group exercise classes and yoga were included in this question in the 2016 survey. In earlier surveys the phrasing was “aerobics and gymnastics classes or similar”.
Tennis, squash or badminton: Badminton was included in the question in 2013.
Spinning, exercise on treadmill or other gym equipment: This question covers spinning, exercise on treadmill or other endurance training by using other gym equipment.
Other kinds of athletics or training: Persons reporting that they take part in other physical activity than the ones that are specifically asked in the survey. The percentage that report participating in other activities varies between surveys, depending on how well the preceding questions capture the types of physical activities of the population.
Never exercise or train: Persons reporting that they never engage in physical activity to exercise.
Exercise or train at least once a week: Persons reporting that they engage in physical activity once a week or more often to exercise.
Outdoor activities
Longer trip for hikes in the forest or in the mountains: This includes trips over three hours in duration.
Shorter trip for hikes in the forest or in the mountains: This includes trips with a duration of less than three hours.
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Standard classifications
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Age
Persons are grouped by their age at the start of the year in which the interviews were conducted.
Area of residence
Persons are grouped according to sparsely populated areas or densely populated areas of different sizes. Sparsely populated areas include clusters of houses with less than 200 inhabitants. Densely populated areas include areas with 200 inhabitants or more, and a distance between houses - as a main rule - not more than 50 meters. Densely populated areas are further divided into three groups based on population (below 20 000 inhabitants, 20 000-99 999, and above 100 000 inhabitants).
Region
On January 1st 2020, the Norwegian counties were changed. Beginning in 2020, SSB divides the country as follows:
Oslo and Viken
Innlandet
Agder and South Eastern Norway: Vestfold and Telemark, Agder
Western Norway: Rogaland, Møre and Romsdal, Vestland
Trøndelag
Northern Norway: Nordland, Troms and FinnmarkBefore 2020, SSB divided the country into as follows:
Oslo and Akershus
Eastern Norway excluding Oslo and Akershus: Østfold, Vestfold, Hedmark, Oppland, Buskerud and Telemark
Agder and Rogaland: Aust-Agder, Vest-Agder and Rogaland
Western Norway: Hordaland, Sogn og Fjordane, Møre and Romsdal
Trøndelag (Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag up to and including January 1st 2018).
Northern Norway: Nordland, Troms and Finnmark.Family cycle phase
Persons are grouped by which phase of the family cycle they belong to, and this is based on the person’s age, marital status (single/in couple) and whether the person has children, and the youngest child’s age. The concept single persons do not necessarily refer to persons living alone in the household, but rather persons not living in a relationship (they can still live with others, as their parents or their children). Persons in a couple includes both married and unmarried couples. The groups with children consist of persons living with their own child(ren) (including stepchildren and adopted children) aged 0-19 years in the household.
Education
The respondent’s education level.
Below upper secondary level
Upper secondary level
Higher education, undergraduate degree
Higher education, graduate degree or higher
Economic status
This variable covers the person's own perception of the main activity on the date of the interview. This differs from the definition of ILO (International Labour Organization), which has a predefined classification of economic status.
Working full-time: employees and self-employed
Working part-time: employees and self-employed
Unemployed
Student, pupil, further training, unpaid work experience: includes persons in vocational training and military service
In retirementPermanently disabled and/or unfit to work
Fulfilling domestic tasks and care responsibilities
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