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Question: How much enjoyment do you get from taking part in physical activities such as sports, going to the gym, going for a walk?
Choices: "No enjoyment" "Not much enjoyment" "Some enjoyment" "A fair amount of enjoyment" "A great amount of enjoyment" "I never do that"
Data: % of "A fair amount of enjoyment" "A great amount of enjoyment"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia68.0%
2 Sweden67.7%
3 United Kingdom64.8%
4 France 64.5%
5 Germany58.4%
6 United States58.3%
7 Republic of Korea43.9%
8 Japan28.5%

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 2 countries.
Source
ISSP 2007

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.773922 X +5.091
Correlation coefficient (r)0.869
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.755
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 64153.086047 X +13608.105
Correlation coefficient (r)0.587
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.345
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -5.828624 X +85.133
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.313
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.098
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.645752 X +0.580
Correlation coefficient (r)0.706
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.498
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -14.225374 X +20.116
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.445
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.198