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Question: In your free time, how often do you feel bored?
Choices: "Very often" "Often" "Sometimes" "Rarely" "Never"
Data: % of "Very often" "Often"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea11.7%
2 United Kingdom11.1%
3 United States10.7%
4 Sweden9.1%
5 Australia9.0%
6 Japan 8.0%
7 France4.8%
8 Germany4.1%

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 = -3.035715 X +7.030
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.164
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 34899.719574 X +48234.337
Correlation coefficient (r)0.082
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -8.993831 X +82.633
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.114
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -4.996074 X +1.925
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.471
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.222
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 75.638811 X +8.673
Correlation coefficient (r)0.356
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127