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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:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Bulgaria64.2%
2 South Africa60.3%
3 Cyprus54.4%
4 Poland54.1%
5 Russian Federation51.7%
6 Uruguay50.5%
7 Chile47.8%
8 Argentina44.2%
9 Hungary43.7%
10 Philippines42.3%
11 Croatia41.2%
12 Dominican Republic39.1%
13 Latvia38.4%
14 Israel34.4%
15 Mexico32.6%
16 Slovakia27.9%
17 Ireland23.9%
18 Japan 23.6%
19 Republic of Korea23.1%
20 Czech Republic22.3%
21 Belgium20.0%
22 Slovenia18.5%
23 Germany18.2%
24 Taiwan18.1%
25 United States16.0%
26 Austria12.5%
27 United Kingdom12.2%
28 France9.2%
29 Switzerland8.9%
30 Australia6.8%
31 New Zealand6.3%
32 Sweden4.8%
33 Norway4.5%
34 Finland2.1%

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 204 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -2.400444 X +7.215
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.787
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.619

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -103187.711566 X +67502.278
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.697
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.486

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -21.379847 X +84.172
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.723
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.523

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 0.381686 X +1.581
Correlation coefficient (r)0.172
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 0.806012 X +10.729
Correlation coefficient (r)0.029
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001