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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%
3 Sweden27.0%
4 Australia23.8%
5 United Kingdom21.9%
6 United States20.3%
7 Japan16.7%
8 Republic of Korea10.4%

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 data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.029557 X +6.168
Correlation coefficient (r)0.452
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.204
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 20056.748251 X +45114.111
Correlation coefficient (r)0.131
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -2.306043 X +82.389
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.088
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.536684 X +0.893
Correlation coefficient (r)0.774
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.599
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -29.850575 X +19.347
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.665
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.442