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Question: How often do you listen to music 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"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States66.8%
2 Germany64.1%
3 Sweden57.0%
4 United Kingdom53.2%
5 Australia50.8%
6 France44.9%
7 Republic of Korea42.7%
8 Japan 27.8%

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 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.173446 X +5.154
Correlation coefficient (r)0.763
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.582

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 69711.608617 X +15730.702
Correlation coefficient (r)0.726
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.527

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -14.658800 X +89.326
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.828
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.686

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.981215 X +0.998
Correlation coefficient (r)0.412
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.170

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -13.315603 X +21.929
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.279
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.078