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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:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Cyprus67.2%
2 Dominican Republic61.8%
3 Argentina49.4%
4 Switzerland46.7%
5 Germany45.8%
6 Austria44.3%
7 Chile40.7%
7 United States40.7%
9 Philippines40.3%
10 France39.6%
11 South Africa38.4%
12 Israel37.3%
13 Mexico33.9%
14 Finland32.3%
15 Poland32.1%
16 Uruguay30.0%
17 Slovakia29.8%
18 Sweden29.6%
19 Ireland29.5%
20 New Zealand29.4%
21 Slovenia28.9%
22 Australia28.2%
22 Hungary28.2%
22 Latvia28.2%
25 Bulgaria26.8%
26 Taiwan25.8%
27 Norway25.4%
28 Belgium24.8%
29 United Kingdom24.6%
30 Czech Republic24.4%
31 Japan 23.8%
32 Croatia22.8%
33 Russian Federation18.9%
34 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 204 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -0.411625 X +6.664
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.083
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -11053.661404 X +41558.942
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.046
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -3.089412 X +79.005
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.064
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 1.062406 X +1.330
Correlation coefficient (r)0.294
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.086

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -21.681482 X +18.337
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.483
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.233