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Question: How often do you take part in physical activities such as sports, going to the gym and going for a walk in your free time?
Choices: "Daily" "Several times a week" "Several times a month" "Several times a year or less often" "Never"
Data: % of "Daily" "Several times a week"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden60.4%
2 Australia57.0%
3 Republic of Korea55.8%
4 United Kingdom54.5%
5 United States54.1%
6 Germany51.4%
7 France48.1%
8 Japan 34.8%

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 = 4.061920 X +4.657
Correlation coefficient (r)0.611
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.373
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 76457.979778 X +11454.918
Correlation coefficient (r)0.497
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.247
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -9.898020 X +87.011
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.349
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.122
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.260896 X +1.362
Correlation coefficient (r)0.069
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 5.171631 X +12.460
Correlation coefficient (r)0.068
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005