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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 "Never"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 23.6%
2 Republic of Korea23.1%
3 Germany18.2%
4 United States16.0%
5 United Kingdom12.2%
6 France9.2%
7 Australia6.8%
8 Sweden4.8%

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 2 countries.
Source
ISSP 2007

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -5.984011 X +7.622
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.820
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.672
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -100608.922632 X +65546.820
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.596
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.355
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.522037 X +81.361
Correlation coefficient (r)0.113
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -3.028889 X +1.929
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.725
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.526
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 43.607362 X +8.941
Correlation coefficient (r)0.521
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.271