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Question: In the last 12 months, how often have you participated in the activities of a sports association/ group?
Choices: "At least once a week" "At least once a month" "Several times" "Once or twice" "Never"
Data: % of "At least once a week" "At least once a month"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France25.0%
2 Germany24.2%
3 Australia23.1%
4 Sweden19.8%
5 Republic of Korea19.4%
6 United Kingdom18.6%
7 United States12.6%
8 Japan 6.7%

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 2 countries.
Source
ISSP 2007

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.760566 X +6.068
Correlation coefficient (r)0.449
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.202
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 15796.971144 X +48272.541
Correlation coefficient (r)0.082
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.197454 X +81.899
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.006
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.237808 X +1.266
Correlation coefficient (r)0.258
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.067
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -12.412982 X +17.468
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.129
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017