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Question: What sport or physical activity do you take part in most frequently?
Choices: Open-ended
Data: % of "Volleyball" in those taking part in any sport
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan3.3%
2 Germany1.2%
3 United States1.0%
4 France0.7%
8 United Kingdom0.0%

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 = -21.800065 X +6.843
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.926
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.857

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -616172.537508 X +60293.539
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.431
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.186

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 82.257012 X +80.260
Correlation coefficient (r)0.413
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.171

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -12.671233 X +1.707
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.773
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.598

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 124.902153 X +8.761
Correlation coefficient (r)0.504
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.254