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Question: Please indicate how important the following reasons are for you to take part in sports or games. - For physical or mental health
Choices: "Very important" "Somewhat important" "Not very important" "Not important"
Data: % of "Very important"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico68.8%
2 Norway68.7%
3 Finland62.7%
4 New Zealand62.6%
5 Australia61.1%
6 Israel60.1%
7 Belgium59.2%
8 Czech Republic57.5%
8 Slovenia57.5%
10 Germany57.3%
11 Ireland55.4%
12 United Kingdom55.0%
13 United States54.5%
14 Chile53.0%
15 France52.7%
16 Switzerland50.9%
17 Republic of Korea50.0%
18 Poland48.2%
18 Sweden48.2%
20 Hungary43.7%
21 Austria41.9%
22 Latvia36.9%
23 Slovakia36.8%
24 Japan 34.9%

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 = 2.739674 X +5.336
Correlation coefficient (r)0.471
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.222
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 76595.150464 X +5510.265
Correlation coefficient (r)0.291
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 5.824810 X +77.353
Correlation coefficient (r)0.190
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 1.183579 X +0.973
Correlation coefficient (r)0.318
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.101
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -19.727351 X +24.168
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.368
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.135