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Question: What sport or physical activity do you take part in most frequently?
Choices: Open-ended
Data: % of Fitness (e.g. "Aerobics" "Exercise" "Machine-training" "Work-out") in those taking part in any sport
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Bulgaria25.9%
2 Uruguay24.3%
3 Sweden21.5%
4 Argentina18.5%
5 Hungary17.6%
6 Israel16.5%
7 Cyprus15.4%
7 Dominican Republic15.4%
7 Norway15.4%
10 Slovakia14.9%
11 Poland14.8%
11 United States14.8%
13 France14.3%
14 Australia13.9%
15 United Kingdom13.7%
16 Chile13.2%
17 Republic of Korea11.9%
18 Czech Republic11.7%
19 Russian Federation11.2%
20 Switzerland11.0%
21 Latvia10.9%
22 New Zealand9.3%
23 Ireland9.2%
24 Belgium8.6%
24 Slovenia8.6%
26 Croatia8.5%
27 Austria8.4%
27 Mexico8.4%
29 Japan 8.2%
30 Germany7.6%
31 South Africa6.8%
32 Finland4.5%
32 Taiwan4.5%
34 Philippines0.6%

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 = -0.846602 X +6.629
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.083
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -6449.181555 X +38623.369
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.013
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 2.509687 X +77.639
Correlation coefficient (r)0.025
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.982357 X +1.815
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.130
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -4.252605 X +11.499
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.045
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002