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Question: Please indicate how important the following reasons are for you to take part in sports or games. - To compete against others
Choices: "Very important" "Somewhat important" "Not very important" "Not important"
Data: % of "Very important"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico16.4%
2 Ireland16.3%
3 Chile15.9%
4 New Zealand12.0%
5 United States11.7%
6 Czech Republic11.1%
7 Latvia11.0%
8 Israel10.2%
9 Austria 9.6%
10 Slovenia8.5%
11 Poland7.6%
12 Slovakia7.3%
13 United Kingdom7.2%
14 Hungary6.1%
15 Australia5.5%
16 Germany4.7%
17 France4.6%
18 Republic of Korea4.5%
19 Switzerland4.0%
20 Sweden3.9%
21 Belgium3.8%
22 Japan3.0%
22 Norway3.0%
24 Finland2.3%

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 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -1.570366 X +6.874
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.153
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -110956.485629 X +55440.343
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.180
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -45.890278 X +83.595
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.512
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.262

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 2.484048 X +1.430
Correlation coefficient (r)0.301
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.091

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -29.188366 X +13.205
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.361
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130