Recreational soccer practice among adults, in Brazilian capitals, 2011-2015

descriptive study with a sample of adults interviewed by the Surveillance System for Risk and Protective Factors for Chronic Diseases by Telephone Survey - VIGITEL (2011 to 2015).

Results:

11.812 adults (11.375 men and 437 women) pointed to soccer as their main leisure physical exercise, with higher prevalence in the North region (32%) and lower in the South region (10%) of the country; the average reduction of soccer players 3.4% for every 5 years over age (95%CI 2.9;4.1); from 2011 to 2015, there was decrease in the number of soccer players, -1.4% per year (95%CI -0,7;2,2).

Conclusion:

the practice of soccer was predominantly male, presented an inverse relationship with the increase of age, more prevalent in the Northern region and less prevalent in the Southern region.

Keywords:
Soccer; Recreation; Exercise; Sedentary Lifestyle; Health Promotion

Year of the survey	Drawn Lines	Eligible Lines	Interviews			Adults active in leisure			Recreational Soccer Players
Year of the survey	Drawn Lines	Eligible Lines	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
2011	111,200	80,470	54,144	21,426	32,718	26,406	12,402	14,004	3,293	3,174	119
2012	135,000	70,045	45,448	17,389	28,059	22,778	10,205	12,574	2,336	2,249	87
2013	112,600	74,005	52,929	20,276	32,653	26,591	11,830	14,761	2,330	2,241	89
2014	101,200	62,786	40,853	15,521	25,332	20,877	9,183	11,694	1,787	1,723	64
2015	116,000	76,703	54,174	20,368	32,653	28,939	12,452	16,487	2,066	1,988	78
Total	576,000	364,009	247,548	94,195	150,200	125,591	56,072	69,520	11,812	11,375	437

Variables	2011 % (95%CI)^b	2012 % (95%CI)^b	2013 % (95%CI)^b	2014 % (95%CI)^b	2015 % (95%CI)^b
Active adults^c
Total	48.8 (43.4;53.2)	50.1 (45.5;56.1)	50.2 (45.2;56.6)	51.1 (44.9;56.6)	53.4 (47.4;57.9)
Male	57.9 (52.2;63.8)	58.7 (53.1;64.1)	58.3 (54.0;63.9)	59.2 (53.3;66.1)	61.1 (52.9;67.3)
Female	42.8 (38.1;48.2)	44.8 (40.9;49.1)	45.2 (41.1;49.6)	46.2 (40.8;51.0)	48.8 (42.9;54.3)
Recreational soccer players
Total	12.4 (10.2;15.1)	10.4 (8.3;12.7)	8.4 (6.8;10.5)	8.3 (6.6;10.9)	6.8 (4.3;8.8)
Male	97.7 (95.8;99.0)	97.7 (96.1;98.9)	97.6 (96.1;98.8)	97.8 (96.4;98.8)	97.7 (96.5;98.7)
Female	2.3 (0.4;6.2)	2.3 (0.3;7.2)	2.4 (0.3;7.0)	2.2 (0.2;6.6)	2.3 (0.4;6.6)

Age (in years)	Year of the survey										Average (2011-2015)
	2011		2012		2013		2014		2015
	%	S%	%	S%	%	S%	%	S%	%	S%	%	S%
18-22	26.2	26.2	26.3	26.3	24.2	24.2	26.0	26.0	27.9	27.9	26.1	26.1
23-27	17.9	44.1	17.8	44.1	16.7	40.9	16.3	42.3	15.4	43.3	16.8	42.9
28-32	14.8	58.9	14.6	58.7	14.8	55.7	13.4	55.7	12.3	55.6	14.1	57.0
33-37	11.5	70.5	11.9	70.6	10.5	66.2	13.4	69.1	11.0	66.6	11.7	68.7
38-42	10.1	80.5	10.1	80.7	10.7	76.9	9.3	78.4	9.5	76.1	10.0	78.7
43-47	8.2	88.7	8.1	88.8	7.4	84.3	7.6	86.0	7.8	83.9	7.5	86.2
48-52	5.9	94.6	5.0	93.8	6.6	90.9	5.6	91.6	6.8	90.7	6.1	92.3
53-57	2.7	97.3	2.8	96.6	4.5	95.4	4.1	95.7	3.6	94.3	3.6	95.9
58-62	1.8	99.1	1.5	98.1	2.2	97.6	2.0	97.7	2.7	97.0	2.0	97.9
63-67	0.4	99.5	0.8	98.9	1.5	99.1	1.0	98.7	1.4	98.4	1.0	98.9
68-72	0.2	99.7	0.7	99.6	0.7	99.8	0.6	99.3	1.1	99.5	0.6	99.5
73-77	0.2	99.9	0.2	99.8	0.1	99.9	0.3	99.6	0.4	99.9	0.2	99.7
78-82	0.1	100.0	0.1	99.9	-	-	0.3	99.9	0.1	100.0	0.2	99.9
≥83	-	-	0.1	100.0	0.1	100.0	0.1	100.0	-	-	0.1	100.0

Age (in years)	North	Northeast	Midwest	Southeast	South
Age (in years)	% (95% CI)^b	% (95% CI)^b	% (95% CI)^b	% (95% CI)^b	% (95% CI)^b
18-22	27.3 ^c (24.3;31.2)	26.9 ^c (22.5;30.2)	24.5 (20.2;28.5)	24.3 (20.3;29.1)	20.5 (16.4;25.5)
23-27	16.5 (12.1;22.3)	16.1 (11.7;21.8)	14.3 ^c (10.3;18.6)	18.5 (14.4;23.5)	16.4 (11.2;21.5)
28-32	14.2 (10.3;18.7)	13.6 (9.8;17.2)	12.1 (9.1;16.9)	12.3 (9.4;15.8)	12.3 (9.5;16.0)
33-37	12.2 (8.8;6.7)	14.6 (10.8;18.5)	13.2 (9.8;17.5)	14.4 (10.5;19.0)	11.7 (7.3;15.6)
38-42	11.0 (7.1;15.3)	7.1 ^c (4.4;11.8)	11.7 (7.4;16.1)	10.3 (6.5;14.3)	8.2 (4.9;12.3)
43-47	8.4 (4.1;12.5)	8.0 (4.3;12.5)	7.0 (3.5;11.4)	5.8 (2.9;9.9)	8.8 (4.6;12.2)
48-52	5.0 (3.8;7.3)	6.2 (4.9;8.8)	4.7 (3.1;8.1)	5.3 (3.9;7.7)	8.2 ^c (6.8;10.4)
53-57	2.9 (1.8;4.1)	4.3 (2.2;6.9)	3.9 (2.3;5.4)	4.5 (2.6;6.8)	7.6 ^c (5.5;9.9)
58;62	1.0 (0.4;2.5)	2.1 (1.1;3.6)	3.9 ^c (2.2;6.7)	1.2 (0.5;3.1)	2.9 ^c (1.8;6.7)
63-67	1.4 ^c (0.8;3.6)	0.6 ^c (0.1;3.7)	1.6 ^c (0.5;4.9)	2.8 (1.1;5.6)	2.3 (1.4;4.9)
68-72	0.1 ^c -	0.4 (0.1;4.8)	0.4 (0.1;4.2)	0.4 (0.1;4.9)	0.6 (0.2;4.3)
73-77	0.1 -	0.2 -	-	-	1.7 (0.1;6.2)
78-82	-	0.2 -	-	-	0.6 -
≥83	-	-	-	-	-

Year of the survey	Test F^a	Coefficient ß^b	p-value^c	95%CI^d
2011	63.54	-0.911	<0.001	-1.15;-0.66
2012	56.56	-0.902	<0.001	-1.16;-0.64
2013	82.62	-0.930	<0.001	-1.15;-0.70
2014	65.61	-0.914	<0.001	-1.16;-0.70
2015	50.63	-0.892	<0.001	-1.15;-0.62

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[1] Correspondence: Dartel Ferrari de Lima - Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (Unioeste), Campus de Marechal Cândido Rondon, Colegiado de Educação Física - Licenciatura -, Rua Pernambuco, No. 1777, Marechal Cândido Rondon, PR, Brasil. CEP: 85960-000 E-mail: dartelferrari07@gmail.com