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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:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden10.4%
2 France4.8%
3 Czech Republic4.0%
4 Japan3.8%
5 Slovakia3.7%
6 Germany3.6%
7 Cyprus3.2%
7 Switzerland3.2%
9 Slovenia2.3%
10 United Kingdom2.0%
11 Bulgaria1.8%
11 Russian Federation1.8%
13 Latvia1.6%
14 Norway1.3%
15 Belgium1.2%
15 Israel1.2%
17 Hungary1.1%
18 Austria1.0%
18 Croatia1.0%
18 Finland 1.0%
21 Dominican Republic0.9%
21 South Africa0.9%
23 Mexico0.8%
24 Argentina0.6%
25 Australia0.5%
25 Chile0.5%
27 Ireland0.4%
27 United States0.4%
29 Poland0.3%
30 Republic of Korea0.2%
30 Taiwan0.2%
32 New Zealand0.1%
33 Philippines0.0%
33 Uruguay0.0%

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 = 7.793526 X +6.393
Correlation coefficient (r)0.238
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 234247.179743 X +33029.094
Correlation coefficient (r)0.184
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.034

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 55.617905 X +77.771
Correlation coefficient (r)0.254
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -2.628149 X +1.734
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.134
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 2.568034 X +13.378
Correlation coefficient (r)0.008
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000