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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany87.5%
2 Republic of Korea85.6%
3 United States80.0%
4 Sweden79.2%
5 Japan 77.2%
6 Australia74.0%
7 United Kingdom73.3%
8 France69.9%

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 = -1.483789 X +7.932
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.172
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -20054.437162 X +66932.770
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.101
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -4.550299 X +85.427
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.124
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -2.880445 X +3.754
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.583
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.340

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 51.384165 X -25.103
Correlation coefficient (r)0.519
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.269