noun phrase · academic
sports participation rate
UK/spɔːts pɑːˌtɪsɪˈpeɪʃən reɪt/US/spɔrts pɑrˌtɪsɪˈpeɪʃən reɪt/sports par·ti·ci·PA·tion rate
The proportion of people in a population who take part in sports.
Examples
“The sports participation rate among teenagers has declined in recent years.”
“Policies to boost the sports participation rate can include free community classes.”
“Researchers compared the sports participation rate across different regions.”
Band 8 sentence
“When evaluating public health outcomes, statisticians often use the sports participation rate as an indicator of population-level activity.”
Collocations
- increase the sports participation rate
- decline in the sports participation rate
Word family
Common mistakes
participation rate of sport→sports participation rate
the rate of participation in sports are→the rate of participation in sports is
Say it for a higher band
5number of people playing sport→6participation rate→7+sports participation rate
Synonyms
participation levels
Easily confused
participation levels
“Participation levels in community sports rose after the new facilities opened.”
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