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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 "Much more time" "A bit more time"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway72.0%
2 Canada69.8%
3 Sweden68.2%
4 New Zealand66.1%
5 Australia64.5%
6 Finland63.6%
6 France63.6%
8 United Kingdom62.9%
9 Ireland61.7%
10 Denmark59.9%
11 United States57.0%
12 Switzerland56.8%
13 Germany54.1%
14 Belgium52.3%
15 Czech Republic51.9%
16 Spain50.9%
17 Slovenia48.7%
18 Israel47.6%
19 Portugal46.2%
20 Hungary44.1%
21 Latvia42.2%
22 Japan 42.0%
23 Republic of Korea40.0%
24 Mexico32.6%

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 = 2.973170 X +5.156
Correlation coefficient (r)0.649
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.421

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 164640.183596 X -40869.713
Correlation coefficient (r)0.677
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.458

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 18.102561 X +70.758
Correlation coefficient (r)0.522
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.272

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.172307 X +1.521
Correlation coefficient (r)0.049
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -3.827846 X +12.721
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.107
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011