Office for Sports Promotion

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is conducting a survey on the awareness of sports among people with disabilities aged 18 and over living in the Tokyo metropolitan area. We conducted the ``Awareness Survey on Sports for People with Disabilities'' with the aim of understanding the achievement status of the percentage of people (30 years and older) who participate in sports at least one day a week (3% by 18).We would like to inform you that we have compiled a summary of the survey results as shown below.

1.Survey overview

(1) Survey method

anonymous internet survey

(2) Survey target/number of people

The total number of respondents, including the respondents themselves and people with disabilities in their families who live with them, was 1,366 people (among those registered as monitors on the Internet market, people with disabilities living in Tokyo who are 18 years or older or whose family members live with them). (The survey targets were those who had one.)

(3) Survey period

Heisei 30 year 6 month 7 day-6 month 13 day

2.Main points of the survey results

1% of people participated in sports or exercise at least one day a week, and 32.4% did not participate in sports or exercise at least one day a week.

■Frequency of sports/exercise in the past year (1 people responded)

“Implemented at least one day a week” 1%, “Implemented less than one day a week” 32.4%, “Implemented but frequency unknown” 1%, “Not implemented” 11.0%

■Events to be implemented (top 5) (684 participants responded)

① “Walking, strolling” 73.8%, ② “gymnastics” 27.5%, ③ “exercise using indoor exercise equipment” 17.4%, ④ “swimming” 12.0%, ⑤ “track and field” 7.2%, “ball games” 7.2%

■ Implementation location (top 5) (684 participants answered)

① “Roads and promenades” 43.4%, ② “Home” 32.3%, ③ “Plazas and parks” 26.0%, ④ “Private sports facilities” 18.9%, ⑤ “Public sports facilities (other than facilities for people with disabilities)” 14.8 %

■People who will be implementing the project together (top 5) (684 participants answered)

① “Single person” 51.0%, ② “Family” 26.0%, ③ “Welfare facility staff/friends” 10.1%, ④ “Sports class instructor/friends” 9.4%, ⑤ “Staff/friends at local public sports facility” ”6.9%

■Reasons for practicing sports/exercise (top 5) (answered by 684 participants)

① “To improve health and physical strength” 59.1%, ② “To relieve lack of exercise” 42.1%, ③ “For fun and recreation” 33.8%, ④ “For rehabilitation and medical care/treatment” 18.1%, ⑤ “Mental 11.7%

■Reasons for not participating in sports/exercise (top 5) (answered by 682 people who do not participate)

① “I don’t want to be active” 73.6%, ② “I want to be active but physically cannot” 17.6%, ③ “I want to be active but I don’t have time” 3.7%, ④ “I want to be active but I don’t have anyone to do it with” ” 2.9%, ⑤ “I want to be active, but I don’t have information on sports and exercise that are suitable for me” 2.6%

More than half of people are not interested in sports or exercise

■Current sports/exercise efforts (1,366 people responded)

① “I have no interest in sports or exercise” 54.9%, ② “I would like to do sports or exercise but cannot” 16.5%, ③ “I do sports or exercise and am satisfied” 14.6%, ④ “Sports” 14.0%

There are various types of support that are considered necessary when engaging in sports and exercise.

■Support you think is necessary when doing sports/exercise (top 5) (1,366 people answered)

① “Making transportation and the city barrier-free” 9.7%, ② “Transportation to and from the venue” 9.2%, ③ “Making buildings and equipment such as stadiums and gymnasiums barrier-free” 8.9%, ④ “Appropriate instructors” 8.8 %, ⑤ “Enhancing programs tailored to people with disabilities” 7.2%

Survey report