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Question: In the last 12 months, how often have you participated in the activities of a sports association/ group?
Choices: "At least once a week" "At least once a month" "Several times" "Once or twice" "Never"
Data: % of "At least once a week" "At least once a month"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 New Zealand48.6%
2 France25.0%
3 Germany24.2%
4 Australia23.1%
5 Austria22.2%
6 Belgium21.0%
7 Switzerland20.7%
8 Norway19.8%
8 Sweden19.8%
10 Republic of Korea19.4%
11 Mexico19.0%
12 United Kingdom18.6%
13 Ireland18.3%
14 Finland17.5%
15 Slovenia17.2%
16 Czech Republic13.8%
17 Chile13.7%
18 United States12.6%
19 Israel9.0%
20 Japan 6.7%
21 Latvia6.5%
21 Slovakia6.5%
23 Hungary4.8%
24 Poland3.5%

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 = 2.694909 X +6.332
Correlation coefficient (r)0.460
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.212
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 95126.653168 X +29974.159
Correlation coefficient (r)0.359
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.129
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 13.843662 X +78.081
Correlation coefficient (r)0.450
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.203
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.259436 X +1.648
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.069
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -3.241200 X +14.222
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.060
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004