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Question: Please indicate how important the following reasons are for you to take part in sports or games. - For physical or mental health
Choices: "Very important" "Somewhat important" "Not very important" "Not important"
Data: % of "Very important"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Uruguay85.8%
2 Argentina75.8%
3 Dominican Republic73.9%
4 Mexico68.8%
5 Norway68.7%
6 South Africa64.1%
7 Cyprus63.3%
8 Philippines63.1%
9 Finland62.7%
10 New Zealand62.6%
11 Australia61.1%
12 Israel60.1%
13 Belgium59.2%
14 Croatia58.1%
15 Czech Republic57.5%
15 Slovenia57.5%
17 Germany57.3%
18 Taiwan56.2%
19 Ireland55.4%
20 United Kingdom55.0%
21 United States54.5%
22 Chile53.0%
23 France52.7%
24 Switzerland50.9%
25 Republic of Korea50.0%
26 Poland48.2%
26 Sweden48.2%
28 Russian Federation47.4%
29 Hungary43.7%
30 Austria41.9%
31 Latvia36.9%
32 Slovakia36.8%
33 Japan 34.9%
34 Bulgaria29.5%

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 = 1.003849 X +5.965
Correlation coefficient (r)0.218
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 1973.824197 X +36726.705
Correlation coefficient (r)0.009
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -3.194714 X +79.734
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.072
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 1.078230 X +1.091
Correlation coefficient (r)0.324
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.105

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -2.885697 X +12.571
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.070
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005