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Question: Please indicate how important the following reasons are for you to take part in sports or games. - To look good
Choices: "Very important" "Somewhat important" "Not very important" "Not important"
Data: % of "Very important"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Dominican Republic65.9%
2 Philippines53.1%
3 Uruguay49.7%
4 Mexico47.7%
5 South Africa46.4%
6 Russian Federation40.6%
7 Israel35.9%
8 Chile31.4%
9 Argentina31.1%
10 Czech Republic27.2%
11 Latvia26.3%
12 Bulgaria23.1%
13 Poland22.1%
14 Ireland18.3%
15 Belgium18.2%
16 United States17.9%
17 Slovenia16.2%
18 Slovakia15.7%
19 Croatia15.6%
19 Taiwan15.6%
21 Hungary14.5%
22 Austria12.8%
23 Norway12.2%
24 France11.7%
25 United Kingdom9.8%
26 Australia9.2%
27 Germany8.5%
27 Switzerland8.5%
29 Finland8.0%
30 Sweden7.7%
31 New Zealand7.3%
32 Cyprus5.6%
33 Japan 3.8%
34 Republic of Korea2.3%

No data for 204 countries.
Source
ISSP 2007

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -1.315583 X +6.811
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.382
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.146
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -87463.098585 X +56860.220
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.524
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.275
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -24.843025 X +83.407
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.747
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.558
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 1.557864 X +1.350
Correlation coefficient (r)0.625
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.391
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -1.350711 X +11.260
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.044
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002