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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy5.3%
2 United States3.7%
3 Germany2.7%
4 Japan 2.3%
5 United Kingdom2.0%
6 Canada1.7%
6 France1.7%
8 Sweden1.6%

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 = -10.602160 X +7.098
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.330
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.109
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -175861.555076 X +54491.741
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.207
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.043
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -41.533477 X +82.628
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.258
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.067
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -7.818575 X +1.730
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.525
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.276
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -108.034557 X +15.161
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.405
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.164