Sports and outdoor activities, survey on living conditions

Sports and physical activity

Questions on different sports and physical activities are not given to those who answer that they never exercise. These are coded as not engaged in any of the physical activities or sports.

Outdoor activities

Participated in outdoor activities, in total. Persons who have participated in at least one of the outdoor activities covered in the survey.

Age

Persons are grouped by their age at the start of the year in which the interviews were conducted.

Centrality

Centrality is a measure of how far a municipality is from service functions and major employers. The standard for centrality is used. It places the municipalities in a category from 1 (most central) to 6 (least central). A complete list of where each municipality is placed can be found here: https://www.ssb.no/en/klass/klassifikasjoner/128/korrespondanser/619

County

On January 1^st, 2020, the Norwegian counties were changed as follows:

• Viken
• Oslo
• Innlandet
• Vestfold and Telemark
• Agder
• Rogaland
• Vestland
• Møre and Romsdal
• Trøndelag
• 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, e.g. their parents or their children). Couples 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 respondents highest completed 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
• Unemployed
• In retirement
• Disabled or unable to work
• Student or pupil (including compulsory military service)
• Other (including fulfilling domestic task and care responsibilities)

Immigrant background

Persons in immigration category B are grouped as immigrants from either immigrants from the EU/EEA etc. or immigrants from Africa, Asia etc. based on their country background. Immigration category B consists of persons born abroad with two foreign born parents and four foreign born grandparents.

The EU/EEA etc includes EU/EEA, UK, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Africa, Asia etc. includes Asia, Africa, Latin-America, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand and Europe except EU/EEA and UK.