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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "Taking part in sports develops children's character."
Choices: "Agree strongly" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Disagree strongly"
Data: % of "Agree strongly"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden59.6%
2 Germany53.9%
3 Japan 53.6%
4 Republic of Korea52.4%
5 Australia41.2%
6 United States41.0%
7 France28.9%
8 United Kingdom28.4%

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 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.507473 X +6.998
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.115
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -4914.378787 X +53427.952
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.048
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 5.872436 X +79.227
Correlation coefficient (r)0.313
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.098

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.098436 X +1.990
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.436
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.190

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 22.028545 X +5.265
Correlation coefficient (r)0.436
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.190