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Question: How often do you attend sporting events as a spectator in your free time?
Choices: "Daily" "Several times a week" "Several times a month" "Several times a year or less often" "Never"
Data: % of "Daily" "Several times a week" "Several times a month"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Dominican Republic46.5%
2 Philippines43.8%
3 Israel42.2%
4 Mexico27.2%
5 Ireland25.6%
6 South Africa24.7%
7 Slovakia22.7%
8 Austria22.6%
9 Croatia20.0%
10 Argentina18.1%
11 Chile17.6%
12 Australia16.9%
13 Czech Republic16.8%
13 Slovenia16.8%
15 Belgium16.6%
15 Uruguay16.6%
17 United States15.6%
18 Germany15.5%
19 Latvia14.9%
20 New Zealand14.5%
21 Switzerland14.2%
22 Norway14.0%
23 Republic of Korea13.8%
24 Sweden13.0%
25 Cyprus11.9%
25 Hungary11.9%
25 Poland11.9%
28 United Kingdom11.5%
29 France9.8%
30 Russian Federation8.1%
31 Finland7.8%
32 Bulgaria6.3%
33 Japan 3.1%
34 Taiwan2.5%

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 = -0.259640 X +6.570
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.048
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -35484.283722 X +44036.456
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.135
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -16.782921 X +80.968
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.310
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.096

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 3.213201 X +1.115
Correlation coefficient (r)0.792
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.627

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -18.756516 X +14.331
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.372
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138