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Children’s Sport Participation and Physical Activity Study (CSPPA), 2022 Children’s Sport Participation and Physical Activity Study (CSPPA), 2022 doi:10.7929/ISSDA/6HYUOW0010-03 Woods, Catherine ISSDAIrish Social Science Data Archive 2024 Social SciencesAdolescentsChildrenExercise (physical activity)Physical activitiesPhysical educationSports participationCommutingStudent transportationAdolescenceSportsSwimmingChild obesityActive TransportSedentary behaviourYouth sportCommunity sportSchool sportAccelerometery Physical fitness and exerciseChildrenYouth CSPPA – the Children’s Sport Participation and Physical Activity study – is an all-island research study that forms the most comprehensive analysis of youth participation in physical activity, physical education and sport on the island of Ireland. CSPPA has been running in Ireland for more than a decade, with our first study taking place in 2010. Over this time we have collected data on levels of participation in physical education, physical activity, youth sport, active travel and sedentary behaviour from over 11,000 children and young people. We have also collected information on physical health, fitness, muscular strength and endurance, and asked children what they think of the opportunities provided to them to be more active. CSPPA has informed government policy, practice by physical education teachers, youth sport coaches, and researchers interested in how to promote physical activity in this cohort. All schools who took part in CSPPA 2010 and/or 2018 were invited to participate in CSPPA 2022 (n = 122). Seventy-four (65%) of these schools participated in CSPPA 2022. To ensure the samples were representative in terms of gender, socio-economic status, geographical location and size, additional new schools meeting the stratification criteria were recruited. Some instruments from 2010, and 2018 remained the same, although there were some new items too. Data collection was collected solely by teachers. CSPPA was a multi-centre study, undertaken by the University of Limerick, Dublin City University, University College Cork, and Ulster University. It was funded by Sport Ireland, Healthy Ireland and Sport Northern Ireland, with additional support from the Departments of Health and Education in the Republic of Ireland. 2022-012022-05 Ireland IndividualOrganization Children and Young People aged 10-19 years old in primary and post-primary schools in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Survey data Cross-section Probability: Stratified, Probability: Cluster. The sampling frame for CSPPA 2022 was based on the schools involved in CSPPA 2010 (ROI only) and CSPPA 2018 (both jurisdictions). Special schools, junior-only schools and colleges of further education were not included in the sampling frame. A systematic one stage cluster sampling method was used, i.e., a school was chosen at random, a year group in that school was chosen at random and then every child in that year group was invited to complete the survey. Once complete, data were checked to ensure all year groups were represented. However, due to under representation of hard to reach year groups, for example 6th years, we then worked with CSPPA ambassadors in the recruited schools to obtain additional classes. A sample of at least 3,000 students was required to account for design effects. The sample was over-recruited to allow for refusal of schools to participate. Schools were stratified by four criteria: <ul> <li> School gender status: male, female or mixed.</li> <li>Socio-economic status: disadvantaged or non-disadvantaged (DEIS vs non-DEIS) for the Republic of Ireland; percentage of free school meals class (low, medium or high) for Northern Ireland.</li> <li>School location: urban or rural (categorised by population density around the school).</li> <li>Size: small, medium or large (based on total number of students). For the Republic of Ireland, school sizes were determined by creating tertiles using all primary or postprimary schools (tertile 1=small, tertile 2=medium and tertile 3=large). For Northern Ireland, the school size was supplied by the Department of Education, NI.</li> </ul> All schools who took part in CSPPA 2010 and/or 2018 were invited to participate in CSPPA 2022 (n = 122). Eighty-four (69%) of these schools participated in CSPPA 2022 (38 declined the invitation to participate). To ensure the samples were representative in terms of gender, socio-economic status, geographical location and size, 31 additional schools meeting the stratification criteria were recruited. In total, 115 schools (42 primary and 73 post-primary) in both jurisdictions participated in CSPPA 2022. Self-administered questionnaire: Computer-assisted (CASI) ISSDA may only supply data for use in the EEA and adequacy decision countries. The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The data citation may be in the form on the dataset page or in the form required by the publication Any work based in whole or part on resources provided by ISSDA, should acknowledge: "Children’s Sport Participation and Physical Activity Study (CSPPA), 2022" and also ISSDA, in the following way: “Accessed via the Irish Social Science Data Archive - www.ucd.ie/issda”. Ng, K., Britton, U., O’Brien, W. et al. An exploration of the perceived impact of COVID-19 on physical activity of Irish adolescents. Discov Public Health 21, 233 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12982-024-00351-2 Woods CB, Ng KW, Britton U, McClelland J, O’Keeffe B, Sheikhi A, McFlynn P, Murphy MH, Goss H, Behan S, Philpott C, Lester D, Adamakis M, Costa J, Coppinger T, Connolly S, Belton S. and O’Brien W, (2023). The Children’s Sport Participation and Physical Activity Study 2022 (CSPPA 2022). Physical Activity for Health Research Centre, Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, Sport Ireland and Healthy Ireland, Dublin, Ireland and Sport Northern Ireland, Belfast, Northern Ireland. 10.34961/researchrepository-ul.23609157 10.34961/researchrepository-ul.23609157 https://issda.ucd.ie/oai doi:10.7929/ISSDA/6HYUOW 2025-12-11T02:00:00Z ddi:codebook:2_5