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Question: What sport or physical activity do you take part in most frequently?
Choices: Open-ended
Data: % of "Swimming" "Diving" "Snorkeling" in those taking part in any sport
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom10.1%
2 Latvia7.7%
3 Czech Republic7.2%
4 Switzerland7.1%
5 Poland6.7%
6 France6.0%
7 Ireland5.9%
7 Israel5.9%
9 Germany5.8%
10 Cyprus5.1%
11 Belgium5.0%
12 Taiwan4.8%
13 Argentina4.7%
13 Russian Federation4.7%
15 Slovakia4.5%
16 Bulgaria4.4%
17 Finland4.1%
17 Republic of Korea4.1%
19 Hungary4.0%
20 Australia3.8%
21 Japan3.5%
22 Austria3.4%
23 Croatia3.1%
23 Sweden3.1%
25 United States2.9%
26 New Zealand2.7%
27 Norway2.3%
28 Chile2.0%
28 Dominican Republic2.0%
30 Slovenia1.7%
31 Mexico1.6%
31 South Africa 1.6%
33 Philippines1.1%
34 Uruguay0.0%

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 204 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 7.424864 X +6.219
Correlation coefficient (r)0.242
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 328869.852516 X +23355.900
Correlation coefficient (r)0.276
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 51.273327 X +76.635
Correlation coefficient (r)0.252
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.064

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -4.472632 X +1.874
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.246
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.061

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -23.185763 X +14.392
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.082
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007