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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea7.5%
2 Germany6.7%
3 United Kingdom6.2%
4 Japan3.3%
5 France 2.7%
6 United States2.5%
7 Australia1.9%
7 Sweden1.9%

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 = -9.680353 X +7.061
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.508
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.258

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -365381.334221 X +64957.962
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.560
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.314

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.056230 X +81.741
Correlation coefficient (r)0.019
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -9.003826 X +1.882
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.647
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.419

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 28.257861 X +10.886
Correlation coefficient (r)0.148
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022