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Question: How often do you use your free time to try to learn or develop skills?
Choices: "Very often" "Often" "Sometimes" "Seldom" "Never"
Data: % of "Very often" "Often"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany45.8%
2 United States40.7%
3 France39.6%
6 United Kingdom24.6%
7 Japan23.8%

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 2 countries.
Source
ISSP 2007

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.615417 X +6.009
Correlation coefficient (r)0.557
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.310
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 94945.597266 X +19516.987
Correlation coefficient (r)0.539
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.291
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -15.634905 X +86.737
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.637
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.406
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 0.954834 X +1.217
Correlation coefficient (r)0.473
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.224
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 3.201268 X +9.193
Correlation coefficient (r)0.105
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011