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Question: In the last 12 months, how many nights altogether did you stay away from home for holidays or social visits?
Choices: "I was not away" "1-5 nights" "6-10 nights" "11-20 nights" "21-30 nights" "More than 30 nights"
Data: % of "I was not away"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany31.5%
2 United States29.1%
3 Japan 25.8%
4 Republic of Korea21.2%
5 United Kingdom17.6%
6 Australia15.4%
7 Sweden13.3%
8 France10.3%

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 = -1.413540 X +7.060
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.208
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.043

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 6319.855740 X +49925.475
Correlation coefficient (r)0.040
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -11.014656 X +84.123
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.380
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.144

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.178127 X +1.739
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.303
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.092

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 9.322556 X +13.237
Correlation coefficient (r)0.120
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014