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Question: What sport or physical activity do you take part in most frequently?
Choices: Open-ended
Data: % of "Baseball" "Softball" in those taking part in any sport
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan5.6%
2 United States4.4%
3 Mexico1.2%
4 Republic of Korea0.8%
5 Austria0.3%
6 Australia0.2%
6 Czech Republic0.2%
6 New Zealand0.2%
9 Finland0.1%
9 France0.1%
11 Belgium0.0%
11 Chile 0.0%
11 Germany0.0%
11 Hungary0.0%
11 Ireland0.0%
11 Israel0.0%
11 Latvia0.0%
11 Norway0.0%
11 Poland0.0%
11 Slovakia0.0%
11 Slovenia0.0%
11 Sweden0.0%
11 Switzerland0.0%
11 United Kingdom0.0%

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 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -9.464268 X +6.801
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.299
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.089

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 14470.388971 X +46568.057
Correlation coefficient (r)0.008
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 2.846219 X +79.943
Correlation coefficient (r)0.010
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -4.547411 X +1.651
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.179
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 53.656038 X +10.599
Correlation coefficient (r)0.215
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046