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Question: How often do you take part in physical activities such as sports, going to the gym and going for a walk in your free time?
Choices: "Daily" "Several times a week" "Several times a month" "Several times a year or less often" "Never"
Data: % of "Daily" "Several times a week"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland69.1%
2 Finland63.7%
3 New Zealand63.2%
4 Sweden60.4%
5 Norway57.1%
6 Australia57.0%
7 Republic of Korea55.8%
8 United Kingdom54.5%
9 United States54.1%
10 Germany51.4%
11 Slovenia51.0%
12 Ireland48.8%
13 France48.1%
14 Austria44.8%
15 Mexico41.5%
16 Latvia41.3%
17 Israel39.1%
18 Czech Republic38.1%
19 Japan 34.8%
20 Hungary34.4%
21 Belgium30.1%
22 Slovakia29.2%
23 Chile27.3%
24 Poland23.7%

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 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 2.026916 X +5.805
Correlation coefficient (r)0.574
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.329

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 129438.565853 X -13676.723
Correlation coefficient (r)0.611
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.373

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 15.750762 X +72.618
Correlation coefficient (r)0.511
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.261

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.309414 X +1.771
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.109
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 5.636511 X +8.265
Correlation coefficient (r)0.202
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041