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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? - Need to take care of someone (elderly, children, ...)
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 Korea63.3%
2 United States38.6%
3 France 36.5%
4 Germany36.4%
5 Australia35.6%
6 United Kingdom32.3%
7 Sweden30.9%
8 Japan27.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. 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 2007

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.804151 X +7.344
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.448
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.201
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -35531.151454 X +63396.037
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.258
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.067
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.700079 X +81.562
Correlation coefficient (r)0.030
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -2.119882 X +2.312
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.721
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.520
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 31.870199 X +0.046
Correlation coefficient (r)0.792
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.627