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Question: What sport or physical activity do you take part in most frequently?
Choices: Open-ended
Data: % of "Jogging" in those taking part in any sport
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany11.0%
2 France7.9%
3 Republic of Korea5.9%
4 Sweden5.7%
5 Japan 4.9%
6 United States3.9%
7 Australia3.0%
8 United Kingdom0.4%

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 = -1.001897 X +6.824
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.061
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -76421.807773 X +55301.639
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.202
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 4.862757 X +81.603
Correlation coefficient (r)0.070
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.123281 X +1.491
Correlation coefficient (r)0.013
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 39.850377 X +13.023
Correlation coefficient (r)0.212
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045