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Question: What sport do you watch on TV most frequently?
Choices: Open-ended
Data: % of "Football" "Soccer"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea61.0%
2 Germany56.1%
3 United Kingdom51.3%
4 France 44.8%
5 Sweden28.7%
6 Japan16.6%
7 United States9.5%
8 Australia5.5%

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 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.594155 X +6.868
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.295
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.087

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -43917.789871 X +65037.394
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.638
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.407

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.530694 X +81.302
Correlation coefficient (r)0.131
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.572254 X +1.709
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.390
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.152

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.136599 X +11.995
Correlation coefficient (r)0.007
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000