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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:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico26.2%
2 Chile23.6%
3 Poland13.2%
4 Slovakia11.1%
5 Israel10.9%
6 Czech Republic9.6%
7 Hungary9.4%
8 Ireland8.3%
9 Republic of Korea7.5%
10 Germany6.7%
10 Slovenia6.7%
12 United Kingdom6.2%
13 Austria6.0%
14 Latvia5.7%
15 Norway4.7%
16 Switzerland4.4%
17 Belgium4.0%
18 Japan 3.3%
19 France2.7%
20 United States2.5%
21 Australia1.9%
21 Sweden1.9%
23 New Zealand1.7%
24 Finland1.5%

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 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -2.361781 X +6.926
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.333
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.111

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -216929.139337 X +62889.611
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.509
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.259

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -37.577425 X +82.772
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.606
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.367

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.796143 X +1.567
Correlation coefficient (r)0.139
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -25.915376 X +12.832
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.462
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.213