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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden10.4%
2 France4.8%
3 Japan 3.8%
4 Germany3.6%
5 United Kingdom2.0%
6 Australia0.5%
7 United States0.4%
8 Republic of Korea0.2%

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 = 5.732960 X +6.586
Correlation coefficient (r)0.372
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 20315.432281 X +50569.992
Correlation coefficient (r)0.057
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 14.130857 X +81.409
Correlation coefficient (r)0.215
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.598329 X +1.382
Correlation coefficient (r)0.408
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -41.751176 X +16.491
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.236
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056