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Question: What sport do you watch on TV most frequently?
Choices: Open-ended
Data: % of "Football" "Soccer"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Cyprus81.8%
2 Uruguay78.5%
3 Argentina74.1%
4 Chile73.2%
5 Mexico69.3%
6 Israel63.6%
7 Croatia63.5%
8 Republic of Korea61.0%
9 Bulgaria56.5%
10 Germany56.1%
11 South Africa51.5%
12 United Kingdom51.3%
13 France44.8%
14 Poland44.6%
15 Hungary41.1%
16 Belgium40.0%
17 Austria39.2%
18 Czech Republic37.8%
19 Ireland37.6%
20 Switzerland36.5%
21 Norway35.8%
22 Slovakia32.1%
23 Russian Federation31.3%
24 Slovenia30.9%
25 Sweden28.7%
26 Japan16.6%
27 Latvia15.0%
28 Finland 11.4%
29 United States9.5%
30 Australia5.5%
31 New Zealand5.2%
32 Taiwan2.3%
33 Dominican Republic1.0%
34 Philippines0.4%

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 204 countries.
Source
ISSP 2007

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -0.415585 X +6.687
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.180
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -20804.606371 X +47391.611
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.191
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.456600 X +79.035
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.023
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.201720 X +1.719
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.115
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -1.156296 X +11.428
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.054
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003