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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:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan11.8%
2 New Zealand6.4%
3 Ireland5.4%
4 Australia5.3%
5 United States5.0%
6 United Kingdom4.0%
7 Republic of Korea2.6%
8 Sweden1.8%
9 Finland 1.1%
9 France1.1%
11 Norway0.8%
12 South Africa0.7%
12 Switzerland0.7%
12 Taiwan0.7%
15 Belgium0.6%
16 Germany0.5%
17 Austria0.3%
18 Czech Republic0.2%
18 Philippines0.2%
18 Poland0.2%
21 Argentina0.1%
21 Slovenia0.1%
23 Bulgaria0.0%
23 Chile0.0%
23 Croatia0.0%
23 Cyprus0.0%
23 Dominican Republic0.0%
23 Hungary0.0%
23 Israel0.0%
23 Latvia0.0%
23 Mexico0.0%
23 Russian Federation0.0%
23 Slovakia0.0%
23 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 = 4.923657 X +6.458
Correlation coefficient (r)0.193
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 404861.012096 X +31242.881
Correlation coefficient (r)0.409
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.167

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 70.849866 X +77.726
Correlation coefficient (r)0.419
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.176

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -3.886835 X +1.745
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.257
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.066

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 10.424521 X +13.270
Correlation coefficient (r)0.044
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002