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Question: What sport or physical activity do you take part in most frequently?
Choices: Open-ended
Data: % of "Jogging" in those taking part in any sport
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Uruguay48.3%
2 Russian Federation13.1%
3 Germany11.0%
4 Switzerland10.8%
5 Finland10.5%
6 Belgium9.1%
7 Taiwan8.9%
8 Latvia8.6%
9 Hungary8.0%
10 France7.9%
11 Austria6.5%
12 Norway6.4%
12 Slovenia6.4%
14 South Africa6.0%
15 Republic of Korea5.9%
16 Sweden5.7%
17 Poland5.5%
18 Japan 4.9%
19 Cyprus4.8%
20 Dominican Republic4.6%
21 Israel4.2%
22 Chile3.9%
22 United States3.9%
24 New Zealand3.7%
25 Croatia3.2%
26 Australia3.0%
27 Slovakia2.5%
28 Ireland2.0%
29 Mexico1.8%
30 Philippines1.3%
31 Czech Republic0.8%
32 Bulgaria0.7%
33 Argentina0.4%
33 United Kingdom0.4%

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 = 0.588820 X +6.486
Correlation coefficient (r)0.086
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -11953.194734 X +38616.671
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.036
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -1.392088 X +78.046
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.021
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.949196 X +1.754
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.192
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 27.712792 X +9.151
Correlation coefficient (r)0.451
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.203