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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? - Personal health, age or disability
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 Republic of Korea78.8%
2 Philippines74.8%
3 Taiwan64.4%
4 Dominican Republic55.3%
5 Russian Federation53.1%
6 Slovakia50.2%
7 Japan 48.9%
8 Latvia48.2%
9 Czech Republic46.9%
10 Poland45.7%
11 Croatia44.7%
12 Slovenia44.4%
13 Chile42.8%
14 Bulgaria42.7%
15 United Kingdom41.8%
16 Mexico41.3%
17 United States41.0%
18 Israel40.4%
19 Australia40.0%
20 New Zealand39.8%
21 Germany38.0%
22 South Africa37.1%
23 Sweden36.2%
24 Hungary35.9%
25 France35.7%
26 Belgium33.8%
27 Finland33.2%
28 Austria32.1%
29 Uruguay30.6%
30 Norway29.3%
31 Switzerland27.5%
32 Cyprus25.5%
33 Ireland25.4%
34 Argentina24.8%

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 = -1.699941 X +7.240
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.386
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.149
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -95685.137861 X +78079.192
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.448
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.201
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -12.049896 X +82.942
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.269
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 0.242884 X +1.591
Correlation coefficient (r)0.072
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 4.736646 X +9.003
Correlation coefficient (r)0.114
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013