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Question: In your free time, how often do you feel bored?
Choices: "Very often" "Often" "Sometimes" "Rarely" "Never"
Data: % of "Very often" "Often"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines24.7%
1 South Africa24.7%
3 Israel22.9%
4 Mexico19.3%
5 Dominican Republic17.7%
6 Chile16.4%
7 Russian Federation15.6%
8 Poland14.6%
8 Uruguay14.6%
10 Argentina13.8%
11 Croatia12.9%
12 Bulgaria12.7%
13 Republic of Korea11.7%
14 United Kingdom11.1%
15 Taiwan11.0%
16 United States10.7%
17 Cyprus10.0%
18 Ireland9.5%
19 Sweden9.1%
20 Australia9.0%
21 Latvia8.8%
22 New Zealand8.1%
23 Japan 8.0%
24 Slovenia7.6%
25 Austria6.4%
26 Czech Republic5.3%
26 Finland5.3%
28 Norway5.0%
29 France4.8%
30 Germany4.1%
31 Slovakia4.0%
32 Hungary3.3%
33 Belgium2.3%
34 Switzerland2.0%

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 204 countries.
Source
ISSP 2007

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -3.699196 X +6.924
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.410
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.168
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -216602.379564 X +61207.022
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.495
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.245
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -53.340933 X +83.709
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.614
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.377
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 3.877234 X +1.273
Correlation coefficient (r)0.595
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.354
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -3.993841 X +11.394
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.049
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002