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Question: In the last 12 months, how often have you participated in the activities of a sports association/ group?
Choices: "At least once a week" "At least once a month" "Several times" "Once or twice" "Never"
Data: % of "At least once a week" "At least once a month"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 New Zealand48.6%
2 France25.0%
3 Germany24.2%
4 Australia23.1%
5 Austria22.2%
6 Belgium21.0%
7 Switzerland20.7%
8 Norway19.8%
8 Sweden19.8%
10 Republic of Korea19.4%
11 Mexico19.0%
12 United Kingdom18.6%
13 Ireland18.3%
14 Finland17.5%
15 Slovenia17.2%
16 Czech Republic13.8%
17 Chile13.7%
18 United States12.6%
19 Israel9.0%
20 Japan6.7%
21 Latvia6.5%
21 Slovakia 6.5%
23 Hungary4.8%
24 Poland3.5%

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 14 countries.
Source
ISSP 2007

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 2.056063 X +6.397
Correlation coefficient (r)0.429
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.184
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 88803.761538 X +33105.855
Correlation coefficient (r)0.326
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.106
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 15.014757 X +77.996
Correlation coefficient (r)0.485
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.235
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.071726 X +1.567
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.019
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -1.438956 X +11.138
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.038
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001