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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea7.6%
2 United States3.8%
3 Germany3.0%
4 Canada2.3%
5 France1.7%
6 Sweden1.6%
7 United Kingdom1.2%
8 Australia1.0%
9 Japan 0.8%

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 1 countries.
Source
ISSP 2005

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -10.978969 X +7.079
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.471
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.222
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -156269.912318 X +55311.342
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.294
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.086
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -12.946839 X +82.175
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.132
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -9.591943 X +1.732
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.725
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.526
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 231.473420 X +8.862
Correlation coefficient (r)0.862
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.743