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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia61.1%
2 Germany57.3%
3 United Kingdom55.0%
4 United States54.5%
5 France 52.7%
6 Republic of Korea50.0%
7 Sweden48.2%
8 Japan34.9%

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 = 3.020815 X +5.103
Correlation coefficient (r)0.540
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.292

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 105968.025227 X -4775.715
Correlation coefficient (r)0.553
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.306

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -13.951119 X +89.039
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.428
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.183

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.657543 X +0.657
Correlation coefficient (r)0.406
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.165

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -13.977817 X +19.270
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.250
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062