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Question: How often do you play cards or board games 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 Germany32.1%
2 Sweden30.6%
3 United States25.2%
4 France24.5%
5 United Kingdom20.0%
6 Australia17.5%
7 Republic of Korea10.7%
8 Japan 9.8%

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 = 5.036806 X +5.697
Correlation coefficient (r)0.806
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.650

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 80992.295430 X +33971.266
Correlation coefficient (r)0.561
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.315

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -15.065806 X +85.072
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.566
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.320

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.425407 X +0.981
Correlation coefficient (r)0.678
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.460

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -32.776097 X +22.131
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.457
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.209