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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea7.5%
2 Germany6.7%
3 United Kingdom6.2%
4 Japan 3.3%
5 France2.7%
6 United States2.5%
7 Australia1.9%
7 Sweden1.9%

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 = -9.669439 X +7.165
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.429
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.184

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -325335.385127 X +64520.709
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.624
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.389

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.237398 X +81.730
Correlation coefficient (r)0.034
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -8.321411 X +1.838
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.645
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.416

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 80.292797 X +11.868
Correlation coefficient (r)0.310
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.096