The statistic shows the results of a survey concerned with the reasons why people quit their health club membership. 40 percent of respondents said that the membership was too expensive and they could not afford it.
Why did you leave / quit your former health club?*
Characteristic
Percentage of respondents
It was too expensive / I could not afford it
40%
I wasn't using my membership / wasn't going
30%
I moved / the location was no longer convenient
20%
I could exercise somewhere else for free
19%
It was too crowded
17%
I developed an injury / surgery / other condition
11%
I felt out of place
9%
I lost my job
8%
I did not like to exercise
7%
I didn't reach my fitness goals
5%
It was too intimidating
4%
There was no one there to guide me
4%
I didn't know what to do there
4%
I wanted to participate in another type of exercise
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IHRSA. (May 31, 2015). Why did you leave / quit your former health club?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/246978/reasons-for-quiting-health-club-membership/
IHRSA. "Why did you leave / quit your former health club?*." Chart. May 31, 2015. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/246978/reasons-for-quiting-health-club-membership/
IHRSA. (2015). Why did you leave / quit your former health club?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/246978/reasons-for-quiting-health-club-membership/
IHRSA. "Why Did You Leave / Quit Your Former Health Club?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 May 2015, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/246978/reasons-for-quiting-health-club-membership/
IHRSA, Why did you leave / quit your former health club?* Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/246978/reasons-for-quiting-health-club-membership/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
Why did you leave / quit your former health club?* [Graph], IHRSA, May 31, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/246978/reasons-for-quiting-health-club-membership/
