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Question: What sport or physical activity do you take part in most frequently?
Choices: Open-ended
Data: % of Walking (e.g. Walking, Nordic, Trekking, Climbing) in those taking part in any sport
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Taiwan50.4%
2 Ireland49.1%
3 Israel47.6%
4 Australia46.3%
5 Austria44.8%
6 Republic of Korea44.5%
7 Norway44.1%
8 New Zealand43.6%
9 Sweden41.9%
10 France39.9%
10 United Kingdom39.9%
12 United States38.7%
13 Croatia38.5%
13 Dominican Republic38.5%
15 Finland 38.4%
15 Slovenia38.4%
17 Mexico36.6%
18 Chile36.5%
19 Latvia34.4%
20 Switzerland34.3%
21 Hungary33.7%
22 Japan32.9%
23 Argentina32.4%
24 Cyprus29.1%
25 Belgium27.6%
26 Czech Republic27.4%
27 Slovakia26.6%
28 Bulgaria20.7%
29 Poland15.2%
30 South Africa14.9%
31 Germany10.1%
32 Russian Federation3.4%
33 Philippines0.8%
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 = 2.322451 X +5.778
Correlation coefficient (r)0.483
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.233

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 96489.781145 X +5897.751
Correlation coefficient (r)0.517
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.267

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 19.942669 X +72.426
Correlation coefficient (r)0.610
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.372

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.482439 X +1.841
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.165
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -6.062812 X +15.355
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.133
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018