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Question: To what extent do the following conditions prevent you from doing the free time activities you would like to do? - Lack of time
Choices: "Very much" "To a large extent" "To some extent" "Not at all"
Data: % of "Very much" "To a large extent" "To some extent"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea80.4%
2 Japan78.0%
3 Australia74.3%
4 United States72.2%
5 United Kingdom67.9%
6 France 67.5%
7 Sweden65.4%
8 Germany58.3%

Note
Don't know/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -3.624324 X +9.220
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.590
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.348

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -48512.175594 X +84224.084
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.231
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.053

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 10.458310 X +74.452
Correlation coefficient (r)0.292
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -2.840420 X +3.516
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.634
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.402

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 43.589729 X -18.690
Correlation coefficient (r)0.710
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.504