Table 1 Surveys reporting sport participation rates of elderly persons with respect to sociostructural categories
From: Sport participation of the elderly—the role of gender, age, and social class
Study, date of survey(s) | Publications | Design, sample, representativeness |
|---|---|---|
A. General population surveys | ||
Gesundheitsberichterstattung des Robert Koch-Instituts (Federal Health Reporting of Robert Koch-Institute), 1998–2009 | Becker and Schneider [7], Boerschel [9], Lampert et al. [42], Mensink [46], Robert Koch-Institut [50], Rütten et al. [52] | Cross-sectional/part of it longitudinal |
N ∼ 8,300 | ||
Representative for Germany | ||
Soziale Ungleichheit im Sport (Social Inequality in Sport), 2001 | Nagel [47] | Cross-sectional |
N = 2,582 | ||
Representative for Germany | ||
SOEP Sozioökonomisches Panel (SOEP Socio-economic Panel), 1985–2005 | Breuer [10], Breuer [11], Breuer [12], Becker et al. [6], Combrink et al. [16], Klein and Becker [40] | Longitudinal |
N ∼ 9,000–23,000 per wave | ||
Representative for Germany | ||
Sportverhaltensberichterstattung (Reports on sports behaviour), 2001 | Breuer and Rittner [14] | Cross-sectional |
N = 5,778 | ||
Representative for Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | ||
N = 3,023 | ||
Representative for Essen | ||
B. Population studies of the elderly | ||
Deutscher Alters-Survey (German Ageing Survey), 1996 | Kohli et al. [41] | Cross-sectional and longitudinal |
N = 4,838 | ||
Representative for Germany | ||
ILSE-Interdisziplinäre Längsschnittstudie des Erwachsenenalters (Interdisciplinary Longitudinal Study of Adult Development); 1994/1995, 1998/1999 | Longitudinal | |
N = 486 | ||
Representative for Germany | ||
N = 436 (follow-up) | ||
Not representative | ||
Bonner Alterssport-Studie (Study about Sport of the Elderly, Bonn), 1996 | Cross-sectional | |
N = 867 | ||
Not representative | ||
“Seniorensport in Ostdeutschland” (Sport of the Elderly in East Germany), 1993 | Baur et al. [3] | Cross-sectional |
N = 548 | ||
Representative for Brandenburg | ||
Kölner Studie Sport im Alter (Cologne Study Sport of the Elderly), 2006/2007 | Combrink et al. [16], Hartmann-Tews and Tischer [31], Hartmann-Tews et al. [32], Hartmann-Tews [29], Tischer and Hartmann-Tews [56], Volkmann [58] | Cross-sectional and retrospective data |
N = 559 | ||
Representative for Cologne | ||
“Ein aktives Leben leben” (“Living an active Life”), 2006 | Becker et al. [4], Becker and Zimmermann-Stenzel [8], Huy and Thiel [36], Klein [39], Thiel et al. [55], Thiel et al. [54] | Cross-sectional and retrospective data |
N = 2,002 | ||
Representative for Baden-Wuertemberg | ||
Sport im Lebensverlauf (Sport during Lifecourse), 2008 | Engel and Nagel [24] | Retrospective/longitudinal N = 1,739 |
Representative for Chemnitz and Braunschweig | ||
getABI-German epidemiological trial on Ankle Brachial Index; 2001, 2006 | Hinrichs et al. [34] | Cohort study/follow-up |
N = 1,376 (follow-up) | ||
Representativity not documented | ||