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Question: What sport do you watch on TV most frequently?
Choices: Open-ended
Data: % of "Baseball" "Softball"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan39.8%
2 Republic of Korea21.7%
3 United States16.5%
4 Mexico4.1%
5 Finland0.5%
6 Australia0.4%
7 Austria0.3%
7 Latvia0.3%
7 Switzerland0.3%
10 Czech Republic0.1%
10 Ireland0.1%
10 Israel0.1%
13 Belgium0.0%
13 Chile0.0%
13 France0.0%
13 Germany0.0%
13 Hungary0.0%
13 New Zealand0.0%
13 Norway0.0%
13 Poland0.0%
13 Slovakia 0.0%
13 Slovenia0.0%
13 Sweden0.0%
13 United Kingdom0.0%

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 = -2.071532 X +6.822
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.438
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.192

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -23172.233748 X +49144.959
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.086
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 5.251838 X +80.387
Correlation coefficient (r)0.172
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -1.254478 X +1.599
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.335
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.112

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 15.361583 X +10.353
Correlation coefficient (r)0.411
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.169