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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:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland69.1%
2 Finland 63.7%
3 New Zealand63.2%
4 Sweden60.4%
5 Norway57.1%
6 Australia57.0%
7 Republic of Korea55.8%
8 United Kingdom54.5%
9 United States54.1%
10 Germany51.4%
11 Slovenia51.0%
12 Ireland48.8%
13 France48.1%
14 Taiwan47.8%
15 Austria44.8%
16 Mexico41.5%
17 Latvia41.3%
18 Israel39.1%
19 Czech Republic38.1%
20 Croatia37.0%
21 Japan34.8%
22 Hungary34.4%
23 Argentina34.2%
24 Uruguay31.6%
25 Belgium30.1%
26 Slovakia29.2%
27 Chile27.3%
28 Dominican Republic25.6%
29 Poland23.7%
30 South Africa22.0%
31 Russian Federation20.5%
32 Philippines19.7%
33 Bulgaria13.7%
34 Cyprus6.0%

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 = 3.260787 X +5.210
Correlation coefficient (r)0.771
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.594

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 116940.059589 X -10197.878
Correlation coefficient (r)0.713
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.508

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 17.351224 X +71.789
Correlation coefficient (r)0.618
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.382

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.661033 X +1.953
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.263
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.069

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 7.436019 X +10.430
Correlation coefficient (r)0.190
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036