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Question: When you are involved in free time activities to what extent do they enable you to be the kind of person you really are?
Choices: "Very much" "A lot" "Somewhat" "A little" "Not at all"
Data: % of "Very much" "A lot"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom62.7%
2 United States62.6%
6 Germany56.4%
7 France52.5%
8 Japan36.9%

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 2 countries.
Source
ISSP 2007

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 2.647181 X +5.137
Correlation coefficient (r)0.963
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.927
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 122433.218919 X -13730.291
Correlation coefficient (r)0.734
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.539
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -16.788195 X +90.383
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.722
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.521
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.242475 X +0.876
Correlation coefficient (r)0.650
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.423
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -6.809269 X +14.002
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.235
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.055