The Scottish Recreation Survey is a 10-year programme of monitoring participation in, and attitudes to, outdoor recreation amongst the Scottish adult population. The project began in 2003 and is scheduled to end in 2013. A series of annual summary reports and associated annexes will be published below.

The Scottish Recreation survey is used to monitor levels of participation in open-air recreational activities each year to support the achievement of  Scottish Government policy.  Activities included in the survey range from walking, cycling and horse riding to family outings, picnicking and wildlife watching.  Data from the survey is used to report progress on the National Performance Indicator - to increase the proportion of adults making one or more visits to the outdoors per week.  Available data for this indicator are shown in the following table:

 

Year	% of adults making one or more visits to the outdoors per week
2006	44
2007	44
2008	47
2009
2010
2011
2012

 

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Annual Summary Report 2005	Scottish Recreation Survey 2005 Data viewer
Addendum for 2005 Annual Report
Annual Summary Report 2006	Scottish Recreation Survey 2006 Data viewer
Annual Summary Report 2007	Scottish Recreation Survey 2007 Data viewer
Technical Report 2007	Calibration Exercise 2006 - 2007
Annual Summary Report 2008	Scottish Recreation Survey 2008 Data viewer
Annual Summary Report 2009	Scottish Recreation Survey 2009 Data viewer
Annual Summary Report 2010	Scottish Recreation Survey 2010 Data viewer
Annual Summary Report 2011	Scottish Recreation Survey 2011 Data viewer
Annual Summary Report 2012	Scottish Recreation Survey 2012 Data viewer

 

 

Scottish Recreation Survey 2003/04
Annual Summary Report 2003/04.
July 2003	(late) January 2004
August 2003	February 2004
September 2003	March 2004
October 2003	April 2004
November 2003	May 2004
(early) January 2004	June 2004

 

Scottish Recreation Survey 2004/05
Annual Summary Report 2004/05
July 2004	January 2005
August 2004	February 2005
September 2004	March 2005
October 2004	April 2005
November 2004	May 2005
December 2004	June 2005