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Question: What sport or physical activity do you take part in most frequently?
Choices: Open-ended
Data: % of "Football" "Soccer" in those taking part in any sport
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 South Africa32.9%
2 Mexico26.2%
3 Chile23.6%
4 Argentina22.7%
5 Cyprus20.8%
6 Croatia17.4%
7 Uruguay17.0%
8 Bulgaria16.3%
9 Poland13.2%
10 Slovakia11.1%
11 Israel10.9%
12 Czech Republic9.6%
13 Hungary9.4%
14 Ireland8.3%
15 Republic of Korea7.5%
16 Russian Federation7.3%
17 Germany6.7%
17 Slovenia6.7%
19 United Kingdom6.2%
20 Austria6.0%
21 Latvia5.7%
22 Norway4.7%
23 Switzerland4.4%
24 Belgium4.0%
25 Japan 3.3%
26 France2.7%
27 United States2.5%
28 Australia1.9%
28 Sweden1.9%
30 New Zealand1.7%
31 Finland1.5%
32 Dominican Republic1.2%
33 Philippines0.4%
34 Taiwan0.1%

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 = -2.954946 X +6.799
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.443
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.196

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -147393.313169 X +51516.944
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.456
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.208

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -33.767017 X +81.185
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.515
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.265

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 0.360604 X +1.657
Correlation coefficient (r)0.073
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 3.037930 X +10.673
Correlation coefficient (r)0.050
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003