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Question: What sport or physical activity do you take part in most frequently?
Choices: Open-ended
Data: % of "Tennis" in those taking part in any sport
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan4.5%
3 France2.3%
3 Germany2.3%
5 United States1.5%
8 United Kingdom0.7%

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 = -19.072709 X +7.003
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.927
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.859

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -734066.235060 X +69242.897
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.588
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.346

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 96.812749 X +79.092
Correlation coefficient (r)0.557
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.310

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -9.536853 X +1.766
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.666
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.444

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 79.357570 X +8.517
Correlation coefficient (r)0.366
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.134