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Question: How often do you use your free time to relax and recover?
Choices: "Very often" "Often" "Sometimes" "Seldom" "Never"
Data: % of "Very often" "Often"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany65.7%
2 Australia63.6%
3 United Kingdom63.4%
4 Sweden59.4%
5 Japan57.5%
6 United States57.2%
7 France 55.6%
8 Republic of Korea53.1%

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 = 5.428278 X +3.439
Correlation coefficient (r)0.541
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.293
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 109477.165905 X -15047.490
Correlation coefficient (r)0.319
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -6.789982 X +85.861
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.116
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.459101 X -0.542
Correlation coefficient (r)0.473
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.224
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -74.980362 X +56.608
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.748
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.560