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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:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines57.9%
2 Mexico38.1%
3 Dominican Republic32.5%
4 South Africa28.6%
5 Taiwan18.5%
6 Bulgaria12.4%
7 Republic of Korea12.2%
8 Russian Federation10.8%
9 Israel8.4%
10 Slovenia7.2%
11 Hungary6.6%
12 United States5.9%
13 Latvia5.8%
14 Czech Republic4.9%
15 Portugal4.0%
16 Finland3.3%
17 France2.9%
18 Belgium2.7%
19 Germany2.6%
19 Switzerland2.6%
21 Norway2.5%
22 Canada1.8%
22 Spain1.8%
24 Ireland1.6%
24 New Zealand1.6%
24 United Kingdom1.6%
27 Cyprus1.5%
27 Sweden1.5%
29 Australia1.4%
30 Japan 1.2%
31 Denmark0.9%

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 207 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -1.995725 X +6.766
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.437
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.191

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -117243.797767 X +52882.760
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.568
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.323

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -31.422974 X +81.568
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.728
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.530

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 1.893347 X +1.517
Correlation coefficient (r)0.580
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.336

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -5.424734 X +11.057
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.138
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019