Walking Football Scotland National Survey

In September 2019 Walking Football Scotland conducted a national survey amongst its membership in an attempt to identify general information on participants including gender, age, participation levels, and the health and well-being benefits of walking football.

A survey monkey link was sent to around 600 contacts on Walking Football Scotland’s data base plus a link posted on their Facebook page which received a total of 358 responses. At a conservative estimate, this accounts for at least 13% of active walking footballers across Scotland which is an excellent response with the results showing a fairly accurate reflection of the current situation.

The results were initially shared at Walking Football Scotland’s Annual General Meeting and the key findings of the survey that includes age demographics, playing frequencies and key health & lifestyle indicators are displayed on the slides below.

The Health & Lifestyle indicators section was seen as the most important and has produced some excellent evidence of the benefits walking football can offer the older community. Participants were asked to rate eight Health & Lifestyle Indicators that covered physical, mental and social well-being on a scale of 0 to 4 with 0 being no improvement to 4 being high since they became involved in walking football.
This produced extremely positive results with the vast majority reporting strong improvements in all areas with almost 76% of all respondents indicating health improvements between levels 2 to 4.

Most respondents indicated they had been playing for over two years, at least twice per week and many well into their 70's. The long-term benefits of walking football both physically, mentally, and socially are ground-breaking. What is remarkable is the high percentage of participants who have shown improvements ranging from small to very significant in every area of this survey.

The full report can be download here:

Walking Football Scotland Survey 2019

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