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Question: What type of game do you play most frequently?
Choices: various choices of game
Data: % of "Word or number games (e.g. crosswords, sudoku)" in those playing any game
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Belgium37.6%
2 Czech Republic31.4%
3 Australia30.7%
4 Slovakia30.0%
5 Sweden29.3%
6 France28.8%
7 Norway26.8%
8 Latvia24.9%
9 Russian Federation24.8%
10 New Zealand22.9%
11 United Kingdom22.4%
12 Germany20.2%
13 Finland19.3%
14 Switzerland18.5%
15 Croatia17.4%
16 Ireland17.1%
17 Bulgaria15.0%
18 Israel14.9%
19 Poland14.5%
20 Austria14.0%
21 Slovenia13.0%
22 Argentina12.4%
23 Hungary11.2%
24 Japan 10.7%
25 Cyprus9.0%
26 Uruguay8.1%
27 Chile7.6%
28 Republic of Korea6.1%
29 Philippines5.7%
30 Taiwan5.3%
31 Mexico5.1%
31 South Africa5.1%
31 United States5.1%
34 Dominican Republic3.4%

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 = 2.526068 X +6.102
Correlation coefficient (r)0.431
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.186

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 100962.077000 X +20951.192
Correlation coefficient (r)0.355
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.126

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 21.778104 X +74.239
Correlation coefficient (r)0.377
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.142

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.609414 X +1.795
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.141
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 2.888673 X +10.471
Correlation coefficient (r)0.054
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003