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Question: How often do you use your free time to establish useful contacts?
Choices: "Very often" "Often" "Sometimes" "Seldom" "Never"
Data: % of "Very often" "Often"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland42.2%
2 Republic of Korea40.2%
3 Austria39.6%
4 Slovenia37.4%
5 Chile36.8%
6 Mexico36.4%
7 Israel36.2%
8 Hungary34.6%
9 United States31.0%
10 Ireland29.1%
11 Germany27.8%
12 Slovakia26.7%
13 Poland22.6%
14 Belgium22.4%
15 France22.1%
16 Latvia20.9%
17 Finland20.2%
18 Czech Republic19.7%
19 Japan18.6%
20 New Zealand18.5%
21 Sweden 13.8%
21 United Kingdom13.8%
23 Australia12.7%
24 Norway8.4%

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 = -1.277533 X +7.086
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.283
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.080

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -48856.698004 X +59506.532
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.180
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -7.462843 X +81.923
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.189
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.144030 X +1.589
Correlation coefficient (r)0.040
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 1.245478 X +10.564
Correlation coefficient (r)0.035
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001