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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%
3 Sweden74.8%
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. 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 = 2.446892 X +4.929
Correlation coefficient (r)0.575
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.331
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 56837.404334 X +8370.506
Correlation coefficient (r)0.367
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.135
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -6.240612 X +86.112
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.226
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.051
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.709463 X +0.313
Correlation coefficient (r)0.777
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.604
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.484801 X +8.047
Correlation coefficient (r)0.067
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004