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Question: What sport do you watch on TV most frequently?
Choices: Open-ended
Data: % of Martial arts (e.g. "Boxing" "Wrestling" "Judo")
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan8.6%
2 Germany5.1%
3 Republic of Korea3.8%
4 United Kingdom2.4%
5 Sweden2.0%
6 United States1.5%
7 France 0.5%
8 Australia0.2%

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 = -10.233488 X +6.973
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.644
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.415

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -318675.260471 X +59623.092
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.586
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.343

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 29.731790 X +80.929
Correlation coefficient (r)0.321
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.103

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -6.166054 X +1.700
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.532
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.283

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 14.317232 X +11.610
Correlation coefficient (r)0.090
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008