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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "Sports bring different groups and races inside the country closer."
Choices: "Agree strongly" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Disagree strongly"
Data: % of "Agree strongly" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany87.5%
3 United States80.0%
5 Japan77.2%
7 United Kingdom73.3%
8 France69.9%

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 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 0.540064 X +6.153
Correlation coefficient (r)0.125
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 79426.112224 X -8965.778
Correlation coefficient (r)0.303
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.092

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -14.722522 X +92.702
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.403
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.162

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -1.332357 X +2.584
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.443
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.196

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 4.921633 X +6.492
Correlation coefficient (r)0.108
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012