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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%
2 Republic of Korea85.6%
3 United States80.0%
4 Sweden79.2%
5 Japan77.2%
6 Australia74.0%
7 United Kingdom73.3%
8 France 69.9%

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 data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.631485 X +7.943
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.224
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.050

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -18854.264901 X +64792.960
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.075
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -4.662706 X +85.478
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.110
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -2.955529 X +3.829
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.555
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.308

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 33.261072 X -14.015
Correlation coefficient (r)0.456
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.208