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Question: What sport or physical activity do you take part in most frequently?
Choices: Open-ended
Data: % of Walking (e.g. Walking, Nordic, Trekking, Climbing) in those taking part in any sport
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia46.3%
2 Republic of Korea44.5%
3 Sweden41.9%
4 France 39.9%
4 United Kingdom39.9%
6 United States38.7%
7 Japan32.9%
8 Germany10.1%

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 = 0.391972 X +6.521
Correlation coefficient (r)0.102
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 15690.115761 X +44252.960
Correlation coefficient (r)0.119
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.892712 X +80.393
Correlation coefficient (r)0.174
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.257562 X +1.608
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.092
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 15.712162 X +6.263
Correlation coefficient (r)0.409
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.167