A Global Women’s Rugby Union Web-Based Survey
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Research Design
2.2. Survey Format
3. Results
3.1. Survey Respondents
3.2. Response Rates
3.3. Data Analysis
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Region | Total | Nat. Team | Prem. Club | 1st Div. Club | 1st Div. Uni. | 2nd Div. Club | 2nd Div. Uni. | Rec. |
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Europe | 534 | 93 (17%) | 54 (10%) | 171 (32%) | 15 (3%) | 100 (19%) | 25 (5%) | 76 (14%) |
United Kingdom | 424 | 32 (8%) | 40 (9%) | 141 (33%) | 44 (10%) | 80 (19%) | 17 (4%) | 70 (17%) |
Asia | 98 | 40 (41%) | 8 (8%) | 23 (23%) | 5 (5%) | 5 (5%) | 1 (1%) | 16 (16%) |
South America | 67 | 33 (49%) | 0 (0%) | 19 (28%) | 4 (6%) | 7 (10%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (6%) |
North America | 249 | 38 (15%) | 41 (16%) | 68 (27%) | 27 (11%) | 45 (18%) | 14 (6%) | 16 (6%) |
Africa | 30 | 21 (70%) | 1 (3%) | 2 (7%) | 3 (10%) | 2 (7%) | 1 (3%) | 0 (0%) |
Middle East | 9 | 6 (67%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (33%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Oceania | 165 | 45 (27%) | 50 (30%) | 40 (24%) | 3 (2%) | 14 (8%) | 1 (1%) | 12 (7%) |
Not stated | 18 | 9 (50%) | 1 (6%) | 1 (6%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (17%) | 1 (6%) | 3 (17%) |
Total | 1594 | 317 | 195 | 468 | 101 | 256 | 60 | 197 |
Region | Total | Youth | Nat. Team | Prem. Club | 1st Div. Club | 1st Div. Uni. | 2nd Div. Club | 2nd Div. Uni. | Rec. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Europe | 93 | 3 (3%) | 7 (8%) | 37 (40%) | 26 (28%) | 6 (6%) | 10 (11%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (4%) |
United Kingdom | 59 | 0 (0%) | 12 (20%) | 18 (31%) | 5 (8%) | 7 (12%) | 7 (12%) | 0 (0%) | 10 (17%) |
Asia | 23 | 0 (0%) | 11 (48%) | 8 (35%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (4%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (13%) |
South America | 28 | 14 (50%) | 2 (7%) | 2 (7%) | 6 (21%) | 4 (14%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
North America | 49 | 1 (2%) | 9 (18%) | 26 (53%) | 1 (2%) | 8 (16%) | 1 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (6%) |
Africa | 2 | 0 (0%) | 1 (50%) | 1 (50%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Middle East | 2 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Oceania | 35 | 0 (0%) | 7 (20%) | 19 (54%) | 6 (17%) | 1 (3%) | 2 (6%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Not stated | 5 | 1 (20%) | 3 (60%) | 1 (20%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Total | 296 | 19 | 52 | 114 | 44 | 27 | 20 | 0 | 20 |
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Brown, N.; Williams, G.K.R.; Stodter, A.; McNarry, M.A.; Roldan-Reoyo, O.; Mackintosh, K.A.; Moore, I.S.; Williams, E.M.P. A Global Women’s Rugby Union Web-Based Survey. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 5475. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20085475
Brown N, Williams GKR, Stodter A, McNarry MA, Roldan-Reoyo O, Mackintosh KA, Moore IS, Williams EMP. A Global Women’s Rugby Union Web-Based Survey. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023; 20(8):5475. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20085475
Chicago/Turabian StyleBrown, Natalie, Geneviève K. R. Williams, Anna Stodter, Melitta A. McNarry, Olga Roldan-Reoyo, Kelly A. Mackintosh, Isabel S. Moore, and Elisabeth M. P. Williams. 2023. "A Global Women’s Rugby Union Web-Based Survey" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 8: 5475. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20085475
APA StyleBrown, N., Williams, G. K. R., Stodter, A., McNarry, M. A., Roldan-Reoyo, O., Mackintosh, K. A., Moore, I. S., & Williams, E. M. P. (2023). A Global Women’s Rugby Union Web-Based Survey. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(8), 5475. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20085475