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Question: What sport or physical activity do you take part in most frequently?
Choices: Open-ended
Data: % of Fitness (e.g. "Aerobics" "Exercise" "Machine-training" "Work-out") in those taking part in any sport
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden21.5%
2 United States14.8%
3 France14.3%
4 Australia13.9%
5 United Kingdom13.7%
6 Republic of Korea11.9%
7 Japan 8.2%
8 Germany7.6%

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 = 6.816150 X +5.868
Correlation coefficient (r)0.565
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.319

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 140491.531227 X +32625.059
Correlation coefficient (r)0.504
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.254

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -9.364628 X +83.102
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.182
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.656561 X +1.146
Correlation coefficient (r)0.385
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.148

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -8.715086 X +16.304
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.063
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004