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Question: How often do you use your free time to establish useful contacts?
Choices: "Very often" "Often" "Sometimes" "Seldom" "Never"
Data: % of "Very often" "Often"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Dominican Republic63.8%
2 Cyprus60.0%
3 Switzerland42.2%
4 Republic of Korea40.2%
5 Argentina40.1%
6 Austria39.6%
7 Uruguay38.8%
8 South Africa38.5%
9 Slovenia37.4%
10 Bulgaria36.9%
11 Chile36.8%
12 Mexico36.4%
13 Israel36.2%
14 Hungary34.6%
15 United States31.0%
16 Ireland29.1%
17 Germany27.8%
18 Philippines27.3%
19 Slovakia26.7%
20 Croatia24.2%
21 Taiwan23.6%
22 Poland22.6%
23 Belgium22.4%
24 France22.1%
25 Latvia20.9%
26 Finland20.2%
27 Czech Republic19.7%
28 Japan 18.6%
29 New Zealand18.5%
30 Russian Federation14.7%
31 Sweden13.8%
31 United Kingdom13.8%
33 Australia12.7%
34 Norway8.4%

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 204 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -1.708841 X +7.027
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.389
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.151

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -62046.836345 X +56068.476
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.291
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -9.469104 X +80.755
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.223
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.050

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 0.448096 X +1.559
Correlation coefficient (r)0.141
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -8.112122 X +13.363
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.205
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042