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Question: How often do you watch TV, DVD, videos in your free time?
Choices: "Daily" "Several times a week" "Several times a month" "Several times a year or less often" "Never"
Data: % of "Daily"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Latvia84.2%
2 Japan82.4%
3 Poland81.1%
4 Hungary81.0%
5 Norway78.4%
6 United Kingdom77.4%
7 Sweden75.5%
8 Finland74.7%
9 Chile 73.0%
10 Ireland72.7%
11 Slovakia72.5%
12 Czech Republic72.2%
13 Australia70.7%
14 New Zealand70.6%
15 Republic of Korea69.9%
16 France69.3%
17 United States67.5%
18 Mexico66.7%
19 Austria65.8%
20 Israel62.8%
21 Germany62.6%
22 Slovenia61.7%
23 Switzerland61.5%
24 Belgium54.2%

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 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -1.952934 X +8.139
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.329
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.108

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -73077.440299 X +98666.000
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.205
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -12.558066 X +88.898
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.242
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -1.394602 X +2.619
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.292
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 3.885749 X +8.126
Correlation coefficient (r)0.083
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007