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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "Sports bring different groups and races inside the country closer."
Choices: "Agree strongly" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Disagree strongly"
Data: % of "Agree strongly" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland88.1%
2 Germany87.5%
3 Slovenia86.4%
4 Republic of Korea85.6%
5 Ireland81.0%
5 Switzerland 81.0%
7 United States80.0%
8 Sweden79.2%
9 New Zealand78.3%
10 Japan77.2%
11 Chile76.8%
12 Latvia75.3%
13 Australia74.0%
14 United Kingdom73.3%
15 Slovakia72.5%
16 Hungary71.2%
17 Mexico71.1%
18 France69.9%
19 Czech Republic68.6%
20 Israel68.3%
21 Austria66.7%
22 Norway64.8%
23 Finland60.6%
24 Belgium60.4%

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 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -2.176507 X +8.380
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.387
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.150

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -24282.086517 X +64836.348
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.072
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.214549 X +79.798
Correlation coefficient (r)0.004
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -1.443446 X +2.708
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.319
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 7.569872 X +5.221
Correlation coefficient (r)0.170
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029