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Question: What sport or physical activity do you take part in most frequently?
Choices: Open-ended
Data: % of "Football" "Soccer" in those taking part in any sport
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
2 Germany6.7%
3 United Kingdom6.2%
4 Japan3.3%
5 France2.7%
6 United States2.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 5.359599 X +6.343
Correlation coefficient (r)0.370
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.137

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -180894.359228 X +60395.279
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.206
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 18.295398 X +80.497
Correlation coefficient (r)0.149
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -3.018308 X +1.679
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.299
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.089

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -122.754824 X +15.564
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.804
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.646