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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:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Hungary60.5%
2 Sweden 59.6%
3 Poland55.2%
4 Czech Republic54.9%
5 Germany53.9%
6 Japan53.6%
7 Republic of Korea52.4%
8 Israel51.4%
9 Slovakia49.3%
10 Ireland48.8%
11 Chile47.1%
12 Slovenia44.6%
13 Latvia41.7%
14 New Zealand41.4%
15 Australia41.2%
16 United States41.0%
17 Switzerland38.3%
18 Austria36.5%
19 Mexico35.6%
20 France28.9%
21 United Kingdom28.4%
22 Finland23.3%
23 Belgium23.0%
24 Norway20.9%

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 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -1.806414 X +7.571
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.388
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.151

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -68626.129536 X +75779.355
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.327
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.107

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -4.645819 X +82.451
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.190
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.090755 X +1.564
Correlation coefficient (r)0.030
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 3.014503 X +12.371
Correlation coefficient (r)0.070
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005