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Question: How often do you do handicrafts such as needle work, wood work, etc. in your free time?
Choices: "Daily" "Several times a week" "Several times a month" "Several times a year or less often" "Never"
Data: % of "Daily" "Several times a week" "Several times a month"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France41.8%
2 Germany33.9%
3 Sweden27.0%
4 Australia23.8%
5 United Kingdom21.9%
6 United States20.3%
7 Japan 16.7%
8 Republic of Korea10.4%

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 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.721326 X +6.104
Correlation coefficient (r)0.513
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.263

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 23323.166552 X +45514.280
Correlation coefficient (r)0.190
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -3.562243 X +82.734
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.157
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.379668 X +0.915
Correlation coefficient (r)0.783
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.613

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -33.219100 X +23.280
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.546
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.298