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Question: What sport or physical activity do you take part in most frequently?
Choices: Open-ended
Data: % of "Golf" "Minigolf" in those taking part in any sport
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 11.8%
2 New Zealand6.4%
3 Ireland5.4%
4 Australia5.3%
5 United States5.0%
6 United Kingdom4.0%
7 Republic of Korea2.6%
8 Sweden1.8%
9 Finland1.1%
9 France1.1%
11 Norway0.8%
12 Switzerland0.7%
13 Belgium0.6%
14 Germany0.5%
15 Austria0.3%
16 Czech Republic0.2%
16 Poland0.2%
18 Slovenia0.1%
19 Chile0.0%
19 Hungary0.0%
19 Israel0.0%
19 Latvia0.0%
19 Mexico0.0%
19 Slovakia0.0%

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 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.312123 X +6.800
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.017
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 249454.475917 X +41305.721
Correlation coefficient (r)0.296
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.088

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 44.538568 X +79.565
Correlation coefficient (r)0.454
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.206

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -2.669850 X +1.657
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.224
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.050

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 3.603977 X +13.595
Correlation coefficient (r)0.021
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000