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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy6.9%
2 United States3.8%
3 Germany3.2%
4 France2.4%
5 United Kingdom1.8%
6 Japan 1.6%
7 Sweden1.4%
8 Canada0.9%

Note
Can't choose Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -5.806279 X +6.979
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.271
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.073

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -154687.787136 X +54129.289
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.274
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.075

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -23.679173 X +82.189
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.221
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.049

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -3.591118 X +1.624
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.362
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.131

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -81.776417 X +14.574
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.460
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.212