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Question: What sport do you watch on TV most frequently?
Choices: Open-ended
Data: % of Athletics (e.g. "Running" "Long-/high-jumping") "Marathon"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden10.4%
2 France4.8%
3 Czech Republic4.0%
4 Japan3.8%
5 Slovakia3.7%
6 Germany3.6%
7 Switzerland3.2%
8 Slovenia2.3%
9 United Kingdom2.0%
10 Latvia1.6%
11 Norway1.3%
12 Belgium1.2%
12 Israel1.2%
14 Hungary1.1%
15 Austria1.0%
15 Finland1.0%
17 Mexico0.8%
18 Australia0.5%
18 Chile 0.5%
20 Ireland0.4%
20 United States0.4%
22 Poland0.3%
23 Republic of Korea0.2%
24 New Zealand0.1%

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 = 2.604062 X +6.696
Correlation coefficient (r)0.132
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -9643.478200 X +46845.537
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.008
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 34.103067 X +79.256
Correlation coefficient (r)0.198
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.039

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 1.232797 X +1.601
Correlation coefficient (r)0.078
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -6.383333 X +11.023
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.041
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002