Motivations to Participate in Sport / Exercise

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Motivations to Participate in Sport / Exercise

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This dataset presents information on the different motivations for sport and exercise participation, categorised by the survey year, age group, and sex of the National Sport & Exercise Participation (NSPS) survey respondents.

Related Resources: https://go.gov.sg/sportdexsg-motivations

Data from Jan 2019 to Dec 2025

Last updated 4 months ago (17 Apr 2026)

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MotivationstoParticipateinSportExercise.csv (560 rows, 33.8 KB)

Year Year (YYYY)	Age Group Text	Sex Text	Motivations Text	Percentage Numeric (Percentage)
(Null)0.0% 201914.3% 202014.3% 202114.3% 202214.3%	(Null)0.0% 60+25.0% 13 to 1921.4% 20 to 3921.4% 40 to 5921.4%	(Null)0.0% Male50.0% Female50.0%	(Null)0.0% To look or feel good10.0% For better physical health10.0% For the interest of the sports10.0% For better mental health/ To de-stress10.0%	(Null)0.0%
2019	13 to 19	Female	For better physical health	67
2019	13 to 19	Female	For the interest of the sports	56
2019	13 to 19	Female	To look or feel good	34
2019	13 to 19	Female	For better mental health/ To de-stress	31
2019	13 to 19	Female	To train for an event or competition	22
2019	13 to 19	Female	To develop skills that help me perform better at school/work/life in general	14
2019	13 to 19	Female	The facilities are near where I live/work/study	10
2019	13 to 19	Female	To meet other people	10
2019	13 to 19	Female	Have more spare time for sports	6
2019	13 to 19	Female	Others	5

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	Year	Year (YYYY)	-	2019 to 2025
Age Group	AgeGroup	Text	-	The age groups are 13 to 19, 20 to 39, 40 to 59 and 60+ years old.
Sex	Sex	Text	-	Sex of respondent. The sex is Male or Female.
Motivations	Motivations	Text	-	Key motivations driving sports and exercise participation among past year participants
Percentage	Percentage	Numeric (Percentage)	-	Percentage of past year participants who chose each reason as their motivation for participating in sport/ exercise

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_bdf1a23b058aa4041ea7e0c2090aaf90"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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MotivationstoParticipateinSportExercise.csv (560 rows, 33.8 KB)

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