TIME AND SPORT IN COLOMBIA

Abstract

This paper presents results of a quantitative, descriptive and exploratory study on the distribution of the amount of time devoted to sports practice in the Colombian population. It is based on the information contained in the National Time Use Survey (ENUT, 2016-2017) and its objective is to observe the variations in the time spent practicing sports according to the variables Sex, Socioeconomic stratum and Age group. The text is divided into three parts. The first part discusses some notions whose function is to frame the general description and the definition and construction of variables, rather than to provide an interpretative framework for the results. It develops the ideas of free time, leisure and available time. In the second part, the methodology is explained: the variables used and the descriptive techniques of statistical analysis. Finally, the last part develops the description of the time spent practicing sports with the information from the ENUT.