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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%
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.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 3.732283 X +4.356
Correlation coefficient (r)0.865
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.748

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 154935.177721 X -41762.158
Correlation coefficient (r)0.676
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.457

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -20.285819 X +93.625
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.650
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.423

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.967021 X +0.300
Correlation coefficient (r)0.627
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.393

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 12.947600 X +1.730
Correlation coefficient (r)0.259
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.067