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Question: How often do you take part in physical activities such as sports, going to the gym and going for a walk in your free time?
Choices: "Daily" "Several times a week" "Several times a month" "Several times a year or less often" "Never"
Data: % of "Never"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan23.6%
3 Germany18.2%
4 United States16.0%
5 United Kingdom12.2%
6 France9.2%

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 = -3.647265 X +7.150
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.694
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.482

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -68480.901650 X +63500.375
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.215
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 8.139535 X +79.991
Correlation coefficient (r)0.183
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -3.337339 X +2.079
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.913
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.834

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 22.494154 X +6.747
Correlation coefficient (r)0.406
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.165