12 | Chapter 1 2018; Van den Dool, 2019). For example, in 2018, 23% of the Dutch population aged 6 years and older participated in a commercial setting, compared to 19% in 2012 (The Netherlands Institute for Social Research (SCP) & Statistics Netherlands, 2018a). As a result, the market share of club sport participation declined, from 51.4% in 2013 to 41.0% in 2019 (NOC*NSF, 2019). 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% SPORT PARTICIPATION 2012 73.0% 53.5% 32.0% 19.0% 2013 52.7% 29.0% 2014 72.0% 51.4% 32.0% 20.0% 2015 52.1% 2016 70.0% 51.0% 31.0% 21.0% 2017 53.9% 31.0% 2018 73.0% 52.8% 28.0% 23.0% 2019 52.8% 2020 53.8% At least 12 times a week(a) At least once a week(b) Club membership(a) In a commercial setting(a) Never participate in sport(c) Figure 1.1 Sport participation in the Netherlands throughout the years Sources: (a) Vrijetijdsomnibus (VTO) 2012-2018 (The Netherlands Institute for Social Research (SCP) & Statistics Netherlands, 2018b), (b) Gezondheidsenquête/Leefstijlmonitor 2012-2020 (Statistics Netherlands & RIVM, 2020), (c) Sport and physical activity – Special Eurobarometer 412 (European Commission, 2014) and 472 (European Commission, 2018). The previous sections show that practising sport is a common form of leisure time (physical) activity in the Netherlands; many people spend quite some time doing it, in a variety of ways and forms. Yet not everyone is participating, and many people do not sustain participation over the life course, even despite the governmental “sports for all” and “lifelong sport” ambitions and efforts. This is problematic, as participating in sport contributes to various valuable aspects of the lives of human beings, such as health, social relations and playfulness, as well as being considered a meaningful end in itself by many people (Coenders
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MjY0ODMw