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Question: How often do you use your free time to try to learn or develop skills?
Choices: "Very often" "Often" "Sometimes" "Seldom" "Never"
Data: % of "Very often" "Often"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany45.8%
2 United States40.7%
3 France 39.6%
4 Sweden29.6%
5 Australia28.2%
6 United Kingdom24.6%
7 Japan23.8%
8 Republic of Korea18.4%

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 = 1.593366 X +6.166
Correlation coefficient (r)0.347
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.120
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 75355.397650 X +26408.502
Correlation coefficient (r)0.479
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.229
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -15.705238 X +86.747
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.587
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.345
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.237530 X +0.813
Correlation coefficient (r)0.667
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.445
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -20.689476 X +18.525
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.450
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.203