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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 "A bit less time" "Much less time"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Israel12.9%
2 Slovenia8.0%
3 Italy5.3%
4 Poland5.2%
5 Portugal4.4%
6 Czech Republic4.2%
7 Spain3.7%
7 United States3.7%
9 Norway3.5%
10 Germany2.7%
10 Netherlands2.7%
12 Hungary2.4%
13 Japan2.3%
14 Denmark2.1%
14 New Zealand2.1%
16 United Kingdom2.0%
17 Switzerland 1.9%
18 Canada1.7%
18 France1.7%
20 Sweden1.6%

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 18 countries.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 1.059487 X +6.738
Correlation coefficient (r)0.061
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -153577.691725 X +53963.253
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.174
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -6.102319 X +81.256
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.058
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 8.823150 X +1.288
Correlation coefficient (r)0.639
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.408

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -28.116816 X +10.427
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.272
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.074