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Question: Please indicate how important the following reasons are for you to take part in sports or games. - To meet other people
Choices: "Very important" "Somewhat important" "Not very important" "Not important"
Data: % of "Very important"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States21.8%
2 Germany21.5%
3 Republic of Korea17.0%
4 France 16.6%
5 United Kingdom16.2%
6 Australia14.5%
7 Sweden12.5%
8 Japan8.2%

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 = 1.262749 X +6.463
Correlation coefficient (r)0.128
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 145727.721232 X +26651.917
Correlation coefficient (r)0.432
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.187

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -44.451753 X +88.954
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.774
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.599

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.101471 X +1.337
Correlation coefficient (r)0.153
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.914085 X +12.188
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.009
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000