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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 5.6%
2 United States4.4%
3 Republic of Korea0.8%
4 Australia0.2%
5 France0.1%
6 Germany0.0%
6 Sweden0.0%
6 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 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -10.503246 X +6.916
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.456
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.208

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3835.630229 X +51169.406
Correlation coefficient (r)0.007
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -8.924914 X +81.986
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.091
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -2.030756 X +1.526
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.154
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 41.975909 X +14.568
Correlation coefficient (r)0.159
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025