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Question: Please indicate how important the following reasons are for you to take part in sports or games. - To compete against others
Choices: "Very important" "Somewhat important" "Not very important" "Not important"
Data: % of "Very important"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States11.7%
2 United Kingdom7.2%
3 Australia5.5%
4 Germany4.7%
5 France 4.6%
6 Republic of Korea4.5%
7 Sweden3.9%
8 Japan3.0%

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 = 2.965293 X +6.498
Correlation coefficient (r)0.184
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.034

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 403349.431480 X +27284.176
Correlation coefficient (r)0.730
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.533

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -88.040810 X +86.788
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.936
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.876

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.119592 X +1.338
Correlation coefficient (r)0.265
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.070

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.974184 X +11.874
Correlation coefficient (r)0.018
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000