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Question: If you could change the way you spend your time, how would you change the time with your friends?
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:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico38.1%
2 Republic of Korea12.2%
3 Israel8.4%
4 Slovenia7.2%
5 Hungary6.6%
6 United States5.9%
7 Latvia5.8%
8 Czech Republic4.9%
9 Portugal4.0%
10 Finland3.3%
11 France2.9%
12 Belgium2.7%
13 Germany2.6%
13 Switzerland2.6%
15 Norway2.5%
16 Canada1.8%
16 Spain1.8%
18 Ireland1.6%
18 New Zealand1.6%
18 United Kingdom1.6%
21 Sweden1.5%
22 Australia1.4%
23 Japan 1.2%
24 Denmark0.9%

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 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -1.130042 X +6.848
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.176
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -143793.845242 X +56968.634
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.423
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.179

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -32.222752 X +82.357
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.664
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.441

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.626976 X +1.583
Correlation coefficient (r)0.128
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -4.902459 X +10.869
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.098
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010