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Question: What sport do you watch on TV most frequently?
Choices: Open-ended
Data: % of "Baseball" "Softball"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Dominican Republic82.3%
2 Taiwan65.5%
3 Japan39.8%
4 Republic of Korea21.7%
5 United States16.5%
6 Mexico4.1%
7 Finland0.5%
8 Australia0.4%
9 Austria0.3%
9 Latvia0.3%
9 Switzerland0.3%
12 Czech Republic0.1%
12 Ireland0.1%
12 Israel0.1%
12 Philippines0.1%
16 Argentina0.0%
16 Belgium0.0%
16 Bulgaria0.0%
16 Chile0.0%
16 Croatia0.0%
16 Cyprus0.0%
16 France0.0%
16 Germany0.0%
16 Hungary0.0%
16 New Zealand0.0%
16 Norway0.0%
16 Poland0.0%
16 Russian Federation0.0%
16 Slovakia0.0%
16 Slovenia0.0%
16 South Africa0.0%
16 Sweden0.0%
16 United Kingdom0.0%
16 Uruguay 0.0%

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 = -0.776577 X +6.583
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.222
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.049

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -17298.515293 X +38329.966
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.128
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.860721 X +78.819
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.031
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 0.228513 X +1.675
Correlation coefficient (r)0.093
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -3.454530 X +13.599
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.090
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008