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Question: To what extent do the following conditions prevent you from doing the free time activities you would like to do? - Lack of time
Choices: "Very much" "To a large extent" "To some extent" "Not at all"
Data: % of "Very much" "To a large extent" "To some extent"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines80.6%
2 Republic of Korea80.4%
3 Japan 78.0%
4 Cyprus77.1%
5 Dominican Republic77.0%
6 Mexico76.5%
7 Chile74.5%
8 Australia74.3%
9 New Zealand72.6%
10 United States72.2%
11 Slovenia70.8%
12 Slovakia69.6%
13 Latvia68.6%
14 Russian Federation68.5%
15 Norway68.0%
16 United Kingdom67.9%
17 Finland67.5%
17 France67.5%
19 Belgium66.6%
20 Sweden65.4%
21 Austria64.3%
21 Taiwan64.3%
23 Hungary63.4%
24 Argentina62.2%
25 Czech Republic61.9%
26 Israel60.1%
27 Bulgaria59.9%
28 Croatia59.1%
28 Uruguay59.1%
30 Germany58.3%
31 Switzerland56.3%
32 Ireland56.0%
33 South Africa53.9%
34 Poland53.4%

Note
Don't know/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 204 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -0.580510 X +6.913
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.081
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -59085.098122 X +77375.490
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.169
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 7.572008 X +72.880
Correlation coefficient (r)0.109
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.482317 X +2.015
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.093
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -9.840733 X +17.558
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.152
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023