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Question: How often do you use your free time to relax and recover?
Choices: "Very often" "Often" "Sometimes" "Seldom" "Never"
Data: % of "Very often" "Often"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany65.7%
2 Australia63.6%
3 United Kingdom63.4%
4 Sweden59.4%
5 Japan 57.5%
6 United States57.2%
7 France55.6%
8 Republic of Korea53.1%

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 = 7.734407 X +2.173
Correlation coefficient (r)0.652
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.425
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 105618.052042 X -11554.105
Correlation coefficient (r)0.385
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.148
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -7.673912 X +86.424
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.152
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.697413 X -0.106
Correlation coefficient (r)0.397
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.158
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -103.065701 X +76.410
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.758
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.575