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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:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy6.9%
2 United States3.8%
3 Germany3.2%
4 France 2.4%
5 United Kingdom1.8%
6 Japan1.6%
7 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 = -2.227030 X +6.660
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.188
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

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 = 27846.487579 X +51587.518
Correlation coefficient (r)0.033
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 7.541899 X +81.535
Correlation coefficient (r)0.077
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.559491 X +1.459
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.156
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -83.558184 X +12.519
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.456
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.208