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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 "Much more time" "A bit more time"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France 86.7%
2 Canada76.6%
4 United States73.2%
5 United Kingdom70.6%
6 Germany67.9%
7 Italy66.5%
8 Japan55.7%

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 = 2.043741 X +5.132
Correlation coefficient (r)0.671
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.450
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 58291.752448 X +9330.344
Correlation coefficient (r)0.360
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -7.582899 X +86.900
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.344
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.118
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.630987 X +0.316
Correlation coefficient (r)0.735
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.540
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.785122 X +8.902
Correlation coefficient (r)0.022
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000