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Question: If you could change the way you spend your time, how would you change the time with your friends?
Choices: "Much more time" "A bit more time" "Same time as now" "A bit less time" "Much less time"
Data: % of "A bit less time" "Much less time"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines72.6%
2 Bangladesh32.3%
3 Cyprus16.6%
4 Bulgaria15.7%
5 Russian Federation11.5%
6 Israel10.5%
7 Poland10.1%
8 Czech Republic9.4%
9 Hungary7.6%
10 Italy6.9%
11 Slovenia6.5%
12 Portugal3.9%
13 United States3.8%
14 Germany3.2%
15 Spain2.9%
16 France2.4%
17 Switzerland2.3%
18 Norway2.1%
19 Netherlands2.0%
20 New Zealand1.9%
21 United Kingdom1.8%
22 Japan 1.6%
23 Sweden1.4%
24 Denmark1.1%
25 Canada0.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 213 countries.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -2.531629 X +6.745
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.487
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.237

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -93055.378219 X +49908.117
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.536
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.287

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -20.983462 X +81.315
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.672
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.452

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 1.611575 X +1.507
Correlation coefficient (r)0.582
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.339

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -11.679820 X +10.094
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.418
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.175