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Question: What sport or physical activity do you take part in most frequently?
Choices: Open-ended
Data: % of "Tennis" in those taking part in any sport
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 4.5%
2 Australia2.5%
3 France2.3%
3 Germany2.3%
5 United States1.5%
6 Republic of Korea1.3%
7 Sweden1.1%
8 United Kingdom0.7%

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 = -18.897882 X +7.153
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.430
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.185

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -260230.206757 X +56492.287
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.256
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.066

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 93.772063 X +79.964
Correlation coefficient (r)0.501
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.251

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.821987 X +1.514
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.033
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -22.894604 X +15.614
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.045
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002