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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:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland54.1%
2 Chile47.8%
3 Hungary43.7%
4 Latvia38.4%
5 Israel34.4%
6 Mexico32.6%
7 Slovakia27.9%
8 Ireland23.9%
9 Japan 23.6%
10 Republic of Korea23.1%
11 Czech Republic22.3%
12 Belgium20.0%
13 Slovenia18.5%
14 Germany18.2%
15 United States16.0%
16 Austria12.5%
17 United Kingdom12.2%
18 France9.2%
19 Switzerland8.9%
20 Australia6.8%
21 New Zealand6.3%
22 Sweden4.8%
23 Norway4.5%
24 Finland2.1%

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 14 countries.
Source
ISSP 2007

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -2.793925 X +7.390
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.739
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.546
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -111041.270056 X +69963.968
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.650
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.423
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -12.240160 X +83.064
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.616
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.379
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.378349 X +1.523
Correlation coefficient (r)0.156
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -3.775776 X +14.472
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.108
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012