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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:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden10.4%
2 France4.8%
3 Czech Republic4.0%
4 Japan 3.8%
5 Slovakia3.7%
6 Germany3.6%
7 Switzerland3.2%
8 Slovenia2.3%
9 United Kingdom2.0%
10 Latvia1.6%
11 Norway1.3%
12 Belgium1.2%
12 Israel1.2%
14 Hungary1.1%
15 Austria1.0%
15 Finland1.0%
17 Mexico0.8%
18 Australia0.5%
18 Chile0.5%
20 Ireland0.4%
20 United States0.4%
22 Poland0.3%
23 Republic of Korea0.2%
24 New Zealand0.1%

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 = 4.310994 X +6.706
Correlation coefficient (r)0.179
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 53952.842040 X +45173.887
Correlation coefficient (r)0.050
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 21.142038 X +80.019
Correlation coefficient (r)0.167
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.969131 X +1.583
Correlation coefficient (r)0.063
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 6.077886 X +13.542
Correlation coefficient (r)0.027
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001