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Question: What sport or physical activity do you take part in most frequently?
Choices: Open-ended
Data: % of Walking (e.g. Walking, Nordic, Trekking, Climbing) in those taking part in any sport
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
4 France39.9%
4 United Kingdom39.9%
6 United States38.7%
7 Japan32.9%
8 Germany10.1%

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 = -0.148535 X +6.620
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.065
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 14614.733407 X +47932.441
Correlation coefficient (r)0.105
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 0.446374 X +81.136
Correlation coefficient (r)0.023
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 0.703115 X +1.323
Correlation coefficient (r)0.442
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.195

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 6.501970 X +8.210
Correlation coefficient (r)0.270
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.073