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Question: What sport or physical activity do you take part in most frequently?
Choices: Open-ended
Data: % of Fitness (e.g. "Aerobics" "Exercise" "Machine-training" "Work-out") in those taking part in any sport
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden21.5%
2 Hungary17.6%
3 Israel16.5%
4 Norway15.4%
5 Slovakia14.9%
6 Poland14.8%
6 United States14.8%
8 France14.3%
9 Australia13.9%
10 United Kingdom13.7%
11 Chile13.2%
12 Republic of Korea11.9%
13 Czech Republic11.7%
14 Switzerland11.0%
15 Latvia10.9%
16 New Zealand9.3%
17 Ireland9.2%
18 Belgium8.6%
18 Slovenia8.6%
20 Austria8.4%
20 Mexico8.4%
22 Japan 8.2%
23 Germany7.6%
24 Finland4.5%

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 = -0.723175 X +6.881
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.051
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -5874.033889 X +46991.503
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.009
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -8.702648 X +81.502
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.118
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 2.244869 X +1.333
Correlation coefficient (r)0.249
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -15.001314 X +15.472
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.116
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013