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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada67.1%
2 United States65.4%
3 Sweden65.3%
4 France65.2%
5 United Kingdom59.1%
6 Germany58.1%
7 Italy54.5%
8 Japan 48.5%

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 = 4.997070 X +3.801
Correlation coefficient (r)0.791
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.626

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 116165.579010 X -20288.635
Correlation coefficient (r)0.697
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.486

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -17.093960 X +91.862
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.541
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.293

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.894187 X +0.381
Correlation coefficient (r)0.648
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.420

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 12.542452 X +4.749
Correlation coefficient (r)0.239
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057