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Question: What sport or physical activity do you take part in most frequently?
Choices: Open-ended
Data: % of "Golf" "Minigolf" in those taking part in any sport
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 11.8%
2 Australia5.3%
3 United States5.0%
4 United Kingdom4.0%
5 Republic of Korea2.6%
6 Sweden1.8%
7 France1.1%
8 Germany0.5%

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 = -6.429710 X +7.028
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.444
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.197

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -38568.463134 X +52770.185
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.115
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 19.325191 X +81.087
Correlation coefficient (r)0.313
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.098

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.641686 X +1.563
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.198
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.039

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -5.797420 X +15.383
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.035
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001