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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:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland88.1%
2 Germany87.5%
3 Slovenia86.4%
4 Republic of Korea85.6%
5 South Africa85.4%
6 Russian Federation83.3%
7 Ireland81.0%
7 Switzerland81.0%
9 United States80.0%
10 Sweden79.2%
11 New Zealand78.3%
12 Taiwan77.7%
13 Japan77.2%
14 Chile76.8%
15 Cyprus75.7%
15 Philippines75.7%
17 Latvia75.3%
18 Australia74.0%
18 Bulgaria74.0%
20 Uruguay73.4%
21 United Kingdom73.3%
22 Dominican Republic72.8%
23 Slovakia72.5%
24 Hungary71.2%
25 Mexico71.1%
26 France69.9%
27 Czech Republic68.6%
28 Israel68.3%
29 Austria66.7%
30 Croatia65.6%
31 Norway64.8%
32 Argentina62.8%
33 Finland 60.6%
34 Belgium60.4%

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 204 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -2.227188 X +8.197
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.254
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -9188.877284 X +44025.071
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.027
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -9.510484 X +85.884
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.164
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.984204 X +2.423
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.189
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 22.273389 X -3.223
Correlation coefficient (r)0.275
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076