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Question: What sport or physical activity do you take part in most frequently?
Choices: Open-ended
Data: % of "Volleyball" in those taking part in any sport
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines20.8%
2 Dominican Republic11.0%
3 Poland8.5%
4 Russian Federation5.7%
5 Japan 3.3%
6 Mexico3.1%
7 Finland2.7%
7 Latvia2.7%
9 Czech Republic2.3%
9 Slovakia2.3%
11 Bulgaria2.2%
12 South Africa2.1%
13 Germany1.2%
14 Slovenia1.0%
14 United States1.0%
16 Cyprus0.9%
17 Austria0.8%
18 Belgium0.7%
18 France0.7%
18 Switzerland0.7%
21 Chile0.6%
21 Croatia0.6%
23 Argentina0.5%
23 Norway0.5%
25 Australia0.4%
25 Israel0.4%
27 Ireland0.2%
27 New Zealand0.2%
27 Sweden0.2%
27 Taiwan0.2%
31 Republic of Korea0.1%
32 Hungary0.0%
32 United Kingdom0.0%
32 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 = -4.384852 X +6.625
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.322
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.104

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -267558.135111 X +43933.327
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.405
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.164

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -62.929466 X +79.431
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.478
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.228

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 4.299464 X +1.591
Correlation coefficient (r)0.435
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.189

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -34.401947 X +11.771
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.281
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.079