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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:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan4.5%
2 Belgium3.1%
2 South Africa3.1%
4 Austria2.9%
5 Australia2.5%
5 New Zealand2.5%
5 Slovakia2.5%
8 Croatia2.3%
8 Czech Republic2.3%
8 France2.3%
8 Germany2.3%
12 Bulgaria2.2%
13 Ireland1.6%
13 Switzerland1.6%
15 United States1.5%
16 Cyprus1.4%
17 Argentina1.3%
17 Chile1.3%
17 Republic of Korea1.3%
20 Hungary1.1%
20 Slovenia1.1%
20 Sweden1.1%
23 Finland 0.8%
23 Philippines0.8%
23 Russian Federation0.8%
26 United Kingdom0.7%
27 Dominican Republic0.5%
27 Israel0.5%
27 Taiwan0.5%
30 Latvia0.4%
31 Mexico0.2%
31 Norway0.2%
31 Poland0.2%
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 = -2.117226 X +6.562
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.034
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 286584.480864 X +32816.605
Correlation coefficient (r)0.117
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 53.236041 X +77.955
Correlation coefficient (r)0.126
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -8.270253 X +1.815
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.219
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 101.345349 X +11.861
Correlation coefficient (r)0.172
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030