Sports habits and physical activity practice in the last decade in Argentina. Analysis based on the 2009 and 2021 National Surveys of Physical Activity and Sport

The aim of this article is to make a comparative analysis of sports and physical activity habits of the adult population in Argentina, based on data from the two editions of the National Survey of Physical Activity and Sport (ENAFyD), conducted in 2009 and 2021. The methodological aspects of both surveys are presented and, especially, the variables of analysis connected with the type of physical activity and sport (practiced and/or desired) according to gender, age and educational level achieved, the place and frequency of practice and non -practice of the people surveyed, with the purpose of presenting hypotheses and possible diagnoses in relation to changes and continuities in sports habits and in the way of doing physical activity in the country in the last twelve years.