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Question: In your free time, how often do you feel bored?
Choices: "Very often" "Often" "Sometimes" "Rarely" "Never"
Data: % of "Very often" "Often"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea11.7%
2 United Kingdom11.1%
3 United States10.7%
4 Sweden9.1%
5 Australia9.0%
6 Japan8.0%
7 France 4.8%
8 Germany4.1%

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 = -1.286035 X +6.775
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.082
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 76905.350533 X +43437.979
Correlation coefficient (r)0.143
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -12.800897 X +82.921
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.140
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -5.344476 X +1.971
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.468
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.219
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 83.159394 X +4.921
Correlation coefficient (r)0.531
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.282