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Question: What sport or physical activity do you take part in most frequently?
Choices: Open-ended
Data: % of "Baseball" "Softball" in those taking part in any sport
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Dominican Republic5.8%
2 Japan 5.6%
3 United States4.4%
4 Philippines1.9%
5 Mexico1.2%
6 Taiwan0.9%
7 Republic of Korea0.8%
8 Austria0.3%
9 Australia0.2%
9 Czech Republic0.2%
9 New Zealand0.2%
12 Finland0.1%
12 France0.1%
14 Argentina0.0%
14 Belgium0.0%
14 Bulgaria0.0%
14 Chile0.0%
14 Croatia0.0%
14 Cyprus0.0%
14 Germany0.0%
14 Hungary0.0%
14 Ireland0.0%
14 Israel0.0%
14 Latvia0.0%
14 Norway0.0%
14 Poland0.0%
14 Russian Federation0.0%
14 Slovakia0.0%
14 Slovenia0.0%
14 South Africa0.0%
14 Sweden0.0%
14 Switzerland0.0%
14 United Kingdom0.0%
14 Uruguay0.0%

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 = -8.276513 X +6.577
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.229
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -135546.632549 X +38691.812
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.077
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -25.845048 X +78.117
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.074
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 3.149533 X +1.672
Correlation coefficient (r)0.121
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -34.056939 X +11.178
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.105
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011