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Question: What sport do you watch on TV most frequently?
Choices: Open-ended
Data: % of "Football" "Soccer"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Chile73.2%
2 Mexico69.3%
3 Israel63.6%
4 Republic of Korea61.0%
5 Germany56.1%
6 United Kingdom51.3%
7 France44.8%
8 Poland44.6%
9 Hungary41.1%
10 Belgium40.0%
11 Austria39.2%
12 Czech Republic37.8%
13 Ireland37.6%
14 Switzerland36.5%
15 Norway35.8%
16 Slovakia 32.1%
17 Slovenia30.9%
18 Sweden28.7%
19 Japan16.6%
20 Latvia15.0%
21 Finland11.4%
22 United States9.5%
23 Australia5.5%
24 New Zealand5.2%

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 = -0.506446 X +6.936
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.222
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.049

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -37992.361288 X +62370.177
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.293
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.086

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -1.734641 X +81.212
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.117
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.311432 X +1.440
Correlation coefficient (r)0.172
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -7.157343 X +13.536
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.397
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.158