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Question: When you are involved in free time activities to what extent do they enable you to strengthen your relationships with other people?
Choices: "Very much" "A lot" "Somewhat" "A little" "Not at all"
Data: % of "Very much" "A lot"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea74.5%
2 United States54.7%
3 United Kingdom52.3%
4 Australia51.4%
5 Germany48.9%
6 France 43.4%
7 Sweden42.2%
8 Japan31.4%

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 = -0.701248 X +7.015
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.197
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.039
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 674.221540 X +49686.901
Correlation coefficient (r)0.006
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -4.272975 X +83.955
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.206
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.442256 X +2.233
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.556
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.309
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 21.804612 X +1.172
Correlation coefficient (r)0.613
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.376