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Question: If you could change the way you spend your time, how would you change the time in leisure activities?
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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy5.3%
2 United States3.7%
3 Germany2.7%
4 Japan2.3%
5 United Kingdom2.0%
6 Canada1.7%
6 France 1.7%
8 Sweden1.6%

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 1997

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -13.486393 X +7.033
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.456
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.208
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -88022.030238 X +51319.828
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.082
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -52.699784 X +83.033
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.274
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.075
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -7.585313 X +1.734
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.496
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.246
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -100.619870 X +12.465
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.393
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.154