Among people with a low household income, nearly half (44.1%) never exercise. For people with a higher household income, the picture is quite different: only 7 percent never exercise.
Sports that are more commonly practiced by people with a low income include darts and mini golf.
Golf, winter sports, mountain biking, and outdoor fitness (like boot camps) are most frequently practiced by people with a high household income.
When comparing the results to twenty years ago, different sports were popular at that time.
Gymnastics and martial arts are now less commonly practiced, whereas fitness has grown so much that it is now listed in official rankings as three separate categories. Additionally, yoga was barely present twenty years ago, whereas it is now widely practiced.
The government’s goal is to make sports more accessible for lower-income groups. For this purpose, various discount programs exist. Unfortunately, these initiatives are mostly aimed at young people and not at adults.