Research results relating to women's participation in sport and media coverage of women's sport

women's participation in sport • Fewer women are involved in regular physical activity and sport than men. Estimated percentage of Austral ians, 14 years and over, who participate in organised sport: Male 24% Female 16% • Among registered sports participants, women are out numbered by men by more than 3 to 1. Of 6.5 million registered participants in sport in Australia in 1990, 1.5 million were female. Percentage of total sports participants (1990): Male 77% Female 23% • More girls drop out of sport than boys …

…of men playing sports outnumber those of women playing sports by roughly twelve to one. Television • In a survey of television sports coverage, averaged across six major channels, women's sport occupied 1.3% of the total sport time. Sports journalists • Out of twenty-six major metropolitan newspapers across all States there is not a single female Sports Editor. • Out of twenty-one metropolitan television stations across Australia there is not a single female Head of Sport.