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Question: In the last 12 months, how often have you participated in the activities of a sports association/ group?
Choices: "At least once a week" "At least once a month" "Several times" "Once or twice" "Never"
Data: % of "At least once a week" "At least once a month"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France 25.0%
2 Germany24.2%
6 United Kingdom18.6%
7 United States12.6%
8 Japan6.7%

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 data5
Regression equation
Y = 2.567071 X +6.125
Correlation coefficient (r)0.686
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.471

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 3394.232985 X +52061.725
Correlation coefficient (r)0.015
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -2.653847 X +81.742
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.084
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.548764 X +1.280
Correlation coefficient (r)0.595
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.354

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -26.264776 X +14.885
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.667
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.445