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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 Republic of Korea5.4%
2 United States3.8%
3 Germany3.5%
4 United Kingdom2.8%
5 Japan2.4%
6 Sweden2.0%
7 Australia1.9%
8 France 1.3%

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 = -17.018259 X +7.157
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.505
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.255

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -171027.699969 X +54961.425
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.148
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -49.693952 X +83.260
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.253
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.064

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -19.243697 X +2.069
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.783
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.613

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 228.190684 X +5.452
Correlation coefficient (r)0.678
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.460