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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 "Much more time" "A bit more time"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada67.1%
2 United States65.4%
3 Sweden65.3%
4 France 65.2%
5 United Kingdom59.1%
6 Germany58.1%
7 Italy54.5%
8 Japan48.5%

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.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 4.631684 X +3.881
Correlation coefficient (r)0.797
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.635

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 151116.035160 X -42264.835
Correlation coefficient (r)0.714
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.510

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -15.389226 X +90.945
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.408
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.111274 X +0.260
Correlation coefficient (r)0.703
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.494

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 16.512286 X -0.150
Correlation coefficient (r)0.329
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.108