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Question: If you could change the way you spend your time, how would you change the time with your friends?
Choices: "Much more time" "A bit more time" "Same time as now" "A bit less time" "Much less time"
Data: % of "A bit less time" "Much less time"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy6.9%
2 United States3.8%
3 Germany3.2%
4 France 2.4%
5 United Kingdom1.8%
6 Japan1.6%
8 Canada0.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -4.232260 X +6.708
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.291
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -2839.534054 X +50817.706
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.004
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -9.128729 X +81.783
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.087
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.919054 X +1.531
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.181
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -78.890408 X +11.782
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.468
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.219