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Question: Please indicate how important the following reasons are for you to take part in sports or games. - To meet other people
Choices: "Very important" "Somewhat important" "Not very important" "Not important"
Data: % of "Very important"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovenia36.1%
2 Ireland33.3%
3 Czech Republic32.7%
4 Switzerland28.0%
5 Hungary26.3%
6 Austria24.2%
7 Mexico23.5%
8 Belgium23.4%
9 Chile 23.3%
10 United States21.8%
11 Poland21.6%
11 Slovakia21.6%
13 Germany21.5%
14 Israel20.4%
15 Latvia20.3%
16 New Zealand19.9%
17 Republic of Korea17.0%
18 France16.6%
19 United Kingdom16.2%
20 Norway16.1%
21 Australia14.5%
22 Sweden12.5%
23 Finland11.7%
24 Japan8.2%

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 14 countries.
Source
ISSP 2007

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.718181 X +6.902
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.110
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -4078.551975 X +47514.924
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.010
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -17.250940 X +83.629
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.302
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.091
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.890428 X +1.437
Correlation coefficient (r)0.169
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -7.412016 X +12.469
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.143
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020