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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States21.8%
2 Germany21.5%
3 Republic of Korea17.0%
4 France16.6%
5 United Kingdom16.2%
6 Australia14.5%
7 Sweden12.5%
8 Japan 8.2%

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 2 countries.
Source
ISSP 2007

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.390133 X +6.226
Correlation coefficient (r)0.291
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 88503.071248 X +37028.945
Correlation coefficient (r)0.328
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.108
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -39.431975 X +88.186
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.794
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.630
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.779235 X +1.373
Correlation coefficient (r)0.117
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.843726 X +14.534
Correlation coefficient (r)0.029
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001