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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:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland46.7%
2 Germany45.8%
3 Austria44.3%
4 Chile40.7%
4 United States40.7%
6 France39.6%
7 Israel37.3%
8 Mexico33.9%
9 Finland32.3%
10 Poland32.1%
11 Slovakia 29.8%
12 Sweden29.6%
13 Ireland29.5%
14 New Zealand29.4%
15 Slovenia28.9%
16 Australia28.2%
16 Hungary28.2%
16 Latvia28.2%
19 Norway25.4%
20 Belgium24.8%
21 United Kingdom24.6%
22 Czech Republic24.4%
23 Japan23.8%
24 Republic of Korea18.4%

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 = 1.256533 X +6.348
Correlation coefficient (r)0.214
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 83667.799546 X +21607.110
Correlation coefficient (r)0.251
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.063

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -2.524516 X +81.377
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.067
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 1.323260 X +1.132
Correlation coefficient (r)0.285
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.081

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -19.035750 X +16.972
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.411
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.169