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Question: How much enjoyment do you get from taking part in physical activities such as sports, going to the gym, going for a walk?
Choices: "No enjoyment" "Not much enjoyment" "Some enjoyment" "A fair amount of enjoyment" "A great amount of enjoyment" "I never do that"
Data: % of "A fair amount of enjoyment" "A great amount of enjoyment"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
3 United Kingdom64.8%
4 France64.5%
5 Germany58.4%
6 United States58.3%
8 Japan28.5%

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 = 1.828770 X +5.568
Correlation coefficient (r)0.947
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.897
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 54592.464926 X +22681.737
Correlation coefficient (r)0.466
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.217
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -7.693152 X +85.504
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.471
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.222
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.125321 X +0.932
Correlation coefficient (r)0.837
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.701
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -9.232771 X +15.379
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.454
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.206