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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "Taking part in sports develops children's character."
Choices: "Agree strongly" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Disagree strongly"
Data: % of "Agree strongly"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden59.6%
2 Germany 53.9%
3 Japan53.6%
4 Republic of Korea52.4%
5 Australia41.2%
6 United States41.0%
7 France28.9%
8 United Kingdom28.4%

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 = -0.154443 X +6.734
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.041
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -15496.134053 X +56976.890
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.122
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 7.494106 X +78.462
Correlation coefficient (r)0.346
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.120

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.148604 X +2.029
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.423
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.179

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 15.994245 X +4.864
Correlation coefficient (r)0.430
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.185