Tweet
Question: How often do you do handicrafts such as needle work, wood work, etc. in your free time?
Choices: "Daily" "Several times a week" "Several times a month" "Several times a year or less often" "Never"
Data: % of "Daily" "Several times a week" "Several times a month"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France 41.8%
2 Germany33.9%
5 United Kingdom21.9%
6 United States20.3%
7 Japan16.7%

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 2 countries.
Source
ISSP 2007

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.106351 X +6.275
Correlation coefficient (r)0.400
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.160
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -17999.855728 X +57498.561
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.107
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 0.769148 X +81.073
Correlation coefficient (r)0.033
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.129826 X +1.246
Correlation coefficient (r)0.587
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.345
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -12.256316 X +13.609
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.420
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.176